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Yusaku Kamekura
Japanese graphic designer
Yūsaku Kamekura (亀倉雄策, Kamekura Yūsaku; April 6, 1915 – May 11, 1997) was a Japanese graphic designer, the leading figure in post-World War II Japanese graphic design.[1][2] His stature in the field led to the nickname "Boss".[1]
Early life and career
Yūsaku Kamekura was born on April 6, 1915, in Yoshidamachi, Nishi-Kambara, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
He graduated from Nippon University High School in 1933.[3] He took his first paying assignment at 17, when he designed the Japanese edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Night Flight.[4]
From 1935 to 1937, Kamekura studied at the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts in Tokyo.[3] The Institute was founded by Renshichiro Kawakita to bring the precepts of the Bauhaus design movement to Japan.[5] In 1938, he began working for Yōnosuke Natori laying out Nippon, a multilingual cultural magazine.
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