Ginza Graphic Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Ginza Graphic Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"TDC Exhibition 2012"
This exhibition showcases top entries from the international annual design competition Type Directors Club 2012, organized by the Tokyo Type Directors Club. The Grand Prix winner this year, Why Not Associates...More »
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Aleksandr Rodchenko "Innovator of the Russian Avant-Garde"
We are pleased to present an exhibition by Aleksandr Rodchenko, the hero of the Russian avant-garde who came into sudden prominence while intensively experiencing the 1917 Russian Revolution. The revolution...More »
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"DNP Graphic Design Archive Exhibition IV: Ikko Tanaka Posters 1980-2002"
It has been ten years since the death of Ikko Tanaka, the star of Japan's graphic design world. Following on from previous exhibitions that introduced his posters from prior decades, this event features...More »
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Kohei Sugiura “Luminous Mandala: Book Designs of Kohei Sugiura"
In December, ginza graphic gallery (ggg) features the exhibition “Luminous Mandala: Book Designs of Kohei Sugiura.” Throughout his career, graphic designer Kohei Sugiura has produced a diverse body of...More »
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"Ideopolis Tokyo" Exhibition
This November, ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will feature works by 2011 thesis students from the Masters of Fine Arts design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. IDEOPOLIS is the city of...More »
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"100 gggBooks 100 Graphic Designers" Exhibition
In commemoration of ggg’s 25th anniversary, and also to celebrate the publication of the 100th volume in the gggBooks series, for its October exhibition the gallery will mount “100 gggBooks / 100 Graphic...More »
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Aoshi Kudo "How Shapes, Colors and Structures Feel"
Aoshi Kudo's package designs for Shiseido and other companies transcend the notion of cosmetics packaging, seeming to achieve the status of art objects. By pursuing a purity of form stripped of extraneous...More »
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Groovisions "gggg"
Popular design studio GROOVISIONS comes to Ginza Graphic Gallery to exhibit around 200 design works, including their original character chappie, designs for music and packaging, and art direction and editing...More »
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"2011 ADC Exhibition"
This year's Art Directors Club exhibition features a selection of work chosen by a panel of 76 ADC members, and includes posters, editorial design, packaging, logos, displays and TV commercials. The award-winning...More »
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Raymond Savignac Exhibition
For its forthcoming 299th exhibition, this June ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will feature the works of Raymond Savignac (1907-2002), a graphic designer who occupies an illustrious and prominent position...More »
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Koichi Sato "Poster"
For its May exhibition, ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will be mounting an exhibition of the poster works of Koichi Sato. Since his debut in the 1970s, Sato has consistently attracted attention for his unique...More »
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"TDC Exhibition 2011"
The April 2011 exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery will be the TDC Exhibition 2011. Every year this exhibition presents the results of the Tokyo TDC Awards, which brings together cutting-edge typographic...More »
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Fumio Tachibana Exhibition
Fumio Tachibana blithely walks a path all his own, as if mocking those of us who spend our days impatiently striving to keep up with the latest trends, desperately pursuing present-day technological innovation....More »
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Ian Anderson - The Designers Republic Come Home
The Designers Republic (TDR) gained a wide following around the world beginning in the 1990s with its music-related artwork, including album covers for the Warp record label, and other striking visuals...More »
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"Shueitai 100" Exhibition
Showcases posters by 24 individuals and one collective of graphic designers inspired by the four seasons, as well as books and advertisements that commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dai Nippon Printing’s...More »
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"Euphrates Exhibition"
This exhibition features videos, animations, exhibitions, graphics and other works by students from Masahiko Sato's research seminar at Keio University. While focusing their energy on the business of research,...More »
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“Kazunari Hattori November 2010” Exhibition
The November 2010 exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will be “Kazunari Hattori November 2010.” Kazunari Hattori has consistently produced numerous works of graphic design that are uniquely...More »
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"Seas and Mountains and Norito Shinmura" Exhibition
Solo exhibition featuring graphics and posters that portray the importance of nature and the environment.More »
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"Push Pin Paradigm" Exhibition
Push Pin Studio was one of the twentieth century's most influential design groups. It is no exaggeration to say that if the Beatles changed the nature of music, Push Pin Studio changed the nature of illustration...More »
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Ralph Schraivogel Exhibition
Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Ralph Schraivogel is a graphic designer whose work is not limited by conventional frameworks. As a graphic designer, teacher, and poster artist, he produces only a handful...More »
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"2010 ADC" Exhibition
In July, the ginza graphic gallery will host the annual ADC exhibition. ADC Award winners have been selected through a rigorous judging process by the 77 members of the Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC)...More »
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"NB@ggg Neville Brody 2010" Exhibiiton
A decade after the FUSE exhibition, UK designer Neville Brody will finally appear at ggg. Brody came to symbolize an era with his vivid record cover designs and art direction, particularly for The Face....More »
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Tsuguya Inoue "Talking the Dragon"
Tsuguya Inoue's first solo exhibition focuses on the theme of dragons and light, capturing various subjects seized in miraculous moments, zooming in close to scrutinize and make contact with them. On display...More »
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"The Annual TDC Exhibition 2010"
Every year this exhibition presents the results of the Tokyo TDC Awards, which brings together cutting-edge typographic works in an international competition held by the Tokyo Type Directors Club. The...More »
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"DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection III Shigeo Fukuda’s Visual Jumping" Exhibition
In August 2009 the family of Mr. Fukuda generously donated the entire body of posters found in his studio to the DNP Graphic Design Archives. This exhibition at ggg, a special show in his memory and an...More »
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"DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection II Ikko Tanaka Posters 1953–1979"
The Ginza Graphic Gallery will open 2010 with the DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection II: Ikko Tanaka Posters 1953-1979. The work of Ikko Tanaka, influential not only in Japanese graphic design circles...More »
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"Kokokuhihyo" Exhibition
This exhibition will focus on the trajectory of the magazine Kokoku Hihyo (Advertisement Review), which has been analyzing current trends in advertising for 30 years since its first issue in 1979, keeping...More »
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Issay Kitagawa Exhibition
This exhibition showcases Issay Kitagawa's own unique world view through his distinctive but at the same time somehow friendly objects, and his print expressions that are the result of his thorough pursuit...More »
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Toshio Yamagata Exhibition
The October 2009 exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) will be Toshio Yamagata Exhibition. Toshio Yamagata is a central figure in Shiseido's advertising, having been involved as art director...More »
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"Tadahito Nadamoto, Akira Uno, Makoto Wada, and Tadanori Yokoo Show"
The 1960s, at the height of Japan's headlong charge toward economic growth, was a bustling, vibrant time when brilliant young creators gathered in Ginza for stimulating, genre-transcending interaction...More »
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Gan Hosoya "Last Show - Gan Hosoya Art Direction"
Showcases famous and new works by art director Gan Hosoya, whose straightforward and simple communicative designs have become new standards of beauty. "gggBooks-90 Gan Hosoya" and "Lastshow" will be...More »
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2008 ADC Exhibition
The season for Ginza Graphic Gallery's annual ADC (Art Directors' Club) Exhibition has arrived. From over 10,000 works in various genres such as posters, advertisements for newspapers and magazines,...More »
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"Max Huber - A Graphic Designer" Exhibition
Max Huber, a Milan-based Swiss designer and 20th-century leader in the world of graphic design, created outstanding graphic designs for many famous Italian enterprises including La Rinascente, Olivetti,...More »
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Kijuro Yahagi "Magnetic Vision"
Kijuro Yahagi has been delving into the world of perception since "Shot by a Sight" in 1988. Continued with "Perceiving by Sight" (1992), "One's Point of View" (1994), "Hidden Accumulated Vision" (1998)...More »
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"'09 TDC" Exhibition
Every year this exhibition presents the results of the Tokyo TDC Awards held by the Tokyo Directors Club, which brings together cutting-edge typographic works from all over the world. The Tokyo TDC...More »
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DRAFT Exhibition: Branding and Art Directors
The design company DRAFT is led and represented by creative director Satoru Miyata. More than 30 years have passed since the founding of Satoru Miyata Design in 1978, and the company, which has since changed...More »
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"Helvetica Forever: Story of a Typeface" Exhibition
The February 2009 exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will be "Hevetica Forever: Story of a Typeface." Even today, a half-century after its inception, Helvetica continues to maintain its popularity...More »
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"Neville Brody ggg Books: World's Graphic Design 88 Launch Celebration" Talk Event
The 88th issue of the "ggg Books -World's Graphic Design" series (DNP Art Communications) features top designer Neville Brody. Celebrating the publication of this issue, Ginza Graphic Gallery is holding...More »
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“Brilliant Rivalry: Works by Outstanding Designers in the DNP Archives of Graphic Design” Exhibition
The January 2009 exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery (ggg) will be "Brilliant Rivalry: Works by Outstanding Designers in the DNP Archives of Graphic Design." The DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion...More »
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"'Oykot' Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo: 10 Years of Fusion" Exhibition
Wieden+Kennedy is an independent and creative ad agency that strives tirelessly to "fail harder" (posted at its headquarters in Portland, Oregon) on a global level. This exhibition introduces the struggles...More »
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"M/M (Paris): The Theatre Posters" Exhibition
In November 2008, Ginza Graphic Gallery will present the exhibition entitled "M/M (Paris): The Theatre Posters". Since its foundation in 1992 as a Paris-based partnership between Mathias Augustyniak and...More »
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Kenya Hara "White"
Through a sophisticated beauty of simplicity, Kenya Hara continues to tackle challenging, unexplored issues in design. This exhibition attempts to give insight into the process of elimination of all...More »
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"The Design Cycle of Keiko Hirano: Origin, Terminus, Origin"
The September 2008 exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery is entitled "The Design Cycle of Keiko Hirano: Origin, Terminus, Origin." All the work which Keiko Hirano has engaged in has led to forms of...More »
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"Now Updating... THA/ Yugo Nakamura's Interactive Design" Exhibition
Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) is holding an exhibition entitled "Now Updating... THA/ Yugo Nakamura's Interactive Design" this month, concurrently with ddd Gallery in Osaka. Yugo Nakamura is a cutting-edge...More »
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2008 ADC Exhibition
The season for Ginza Graphic Gallery's annual ADC (Art Directors' Club) Exhibition has arrived! From over 10,000 works in various genres such as posters, advertisements for newspapers and magazines,...More »
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"Hiroshi Sasaki, Leader of a Cheering Squad for the Japanese Advertising World" Exhibition
The June exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery (ggg) is entitled "Hiroshi Sasaki, Leader of a Cheering Squad for the Japanese Advertising World." His ideas are powerful in their simplicity. Creative...More »
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"Alan Fletcher: The Father of British Graphic Design" Exhibition
Ginza Graphic Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition entitled "Alan Fletcher: The Father of British Graphic Design". Alan Fletcher, who died in September 2006, was an influential figure not only...More »
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Type Directors Club 2008
TDC is a summit gathering of the year's most cutting-edge typographic work. Hosted by the Tokyo Type Directors Club, each year about 100 stringently selected prize-winning and nominated works are shown....More »
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Brody Neuenschwander "Textasy"
Far from restricting his use of flowing, elegant calligraphy to paper or canvas, Brody Neuenschwander has expanded the scope of his activities to encompass collage, three-dimensional work, and even film...More »
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"Testimonies from Twenty Pioneers of the Graphic Design Era" Exhibition
DNP established the DNP Graphic Design Archive (DGA) in 2000 to collect and preserve works of graphic design in an organized fashion. As one part of this, in 2003 the “Archives of People” Project was launched...More »
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Seiju Toda "Toda Today"
Ginza graphic gallery's (ggg) opening exhibition for 2008 will be “Toda Today Poster Art by Seiju Toda.” What sort of art is present in poster design? A single poster includes both lunacy and stillness,...More »
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Masuteru Aoba Exhibition
Masuteru Aoba, an art director who devotes himself to peace and ecology, constantly views society with a fiercely critical gaze, questioning the world through his outstanding peace posters and using design...More »
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Welcome to Magazine Pool
The ginza graphic gallery will host an exhibition titled “Welcome to Magazine Pool: Ten Creators Crossing Boundaries for Magazine Design,” produced by top magazine designer Yasushi Fujimoto (TMDC president...More »
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Shinya Nakajima "CM"
Having brought numerous commercials to the world as a director of TV commercials, Shinya Nakajima has constantly commanded the focus of attention in the advertising industry. In 1987 he was among the first...More »
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Ginza Salone: Kenjiro Sano Attacks Ginza Graphic Gallery
Brief expressions that capture the essentials, composed of appropriately extracted minimal elements. Numerous works of art direction offering glimpses of a humor that somehow relaxes people and puts them...More »
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"The Warsaw Wind 1966-2006: Gold Prize Winning Entries from the Warsaw International Poster Biennale" Exhibition
Established in 1966, the Warsaw International Poster Biennale is the world’s most longstanding poster competition, with 2006 marking the 20th time it has been held. Each time the competition has attracted...More »
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2007 ADC Exhibition
The ADC Award winners have been selected through a rigorous judging process by the 84 members of the Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) from around 10,000 submissions in a diverse range of fields encompassing...More »
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Masaaki Hiromura "2D <-> 3D"
Sign design is usually thought of as two-dimensional (2D), but atypical creator Masaki Hiromura has focused his attention on what visual effects are produced when it is situated in a three-dimensional...More »
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Helmut Schmid "Design is Attitude"
Helmut Schmid received the most prestigious and innovative education of the time in Switzerland in the 1960s, when the basic theory of typography was being developed. After working in several countries...More »
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07 TDC Exhibition
Every year this exhibition presents the most recent winners of the world's best-known international competition for cutting-edge trends in typography, the Tokyo TDC Award. It features around 100 of the...More »
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Katsu Kimura "Toi Boxes"
In Japanese, the word “Toi” has the meaning "question" (from "toikakeru") and "toy". A pioneer in packaging design, Kimura uses lively, rhythmical designs to create his own unique world. In this exhibition,...More »
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"Graphic Messages from ggg & ddd 1986-2006" Exhibition
The Ginza Graphic Gallery opened in March 1986 as a base for Dai Nippon Printing’s cultural activities, followed five years later by the ddd gallery in Osaka’s Dojima district. Since then, these two galleries...More »
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Yoshio Hayakawa "Witness to the Dawn of Japanese Design"
Among the giants who left their mark within the earliest days of graphic design in Japan, Yoshio Hayakawa is especially remarkable in that today he continues to enthrall us with works of fresh appeal....More »
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Hideki Nakajima "Clear in the Fog"
Hideki Nakajima has made his presence felt through cool, pop-art designs that balance the beauty of images and typography. His commercial works include the typography for the magazine CUT and CD jacket...More »
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"Radical Advertisement" Exhibition
Norio Nakamura and Masahiko Sato have collaborated on the creation of numerous works that express their unique world view, including software for the I.Q. computer game and the graphics for Tetopettenson...More »
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AGI Congress 2006 in Japan ”Kakejiku" Exhibition
Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) was established in Paris, France in 1952 to form an international network of graphic designers. It currently has 360 members, including 24 Japanese, from 31 countries....More »
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Graphic Wave 2006
Graphic Wave, started in 1996, is a group exhibition presenting up and coming designers that will lead the design world in the near future. This 11th exhibition will have "School of Design" as its central...More »
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Alexander Gelman "New York Connection"
Based in New York, London and Tokyo since 1986, Alexander Gelman, known as Gelman or Glmn, has been a truly active and impressive presence. Produced from a radical and extremely rational perspective, his...More »
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242nd ADC Exhibition 2006
In July, the Ginza Graphic Gallery plays host to the annual ADC exhibition. ADC Award winners have been selected through a rigorous judging process by the 86 members of the Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC)...More »
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Keiichi Tanaami-ism
Since the 1960s, graphic designer Keiichi Tanaami has garnered worldwide attention for his radical and stylish visual expression. His unique use of color and the Tanaami psychedelic style in the motif...More »
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Kazufumi Nagai / Hakuhodo Design: Brands and Designs
Hakuhodo Design is a company that specializes in brand communication, being involved from the strategy stages of brand and how best to communicate it to the world at large. The goal of the company's work...More »
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06 TDC Exhibition
Every year this exhibition presents the most recent winners of the world's best-known international competition for cutting-edge trends in typography, the Tokyo TDC Award. In addition to the nine award...More »
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Cyan Exhibition
Cyan is one of the most avant-garde graphic design team in Germany at the moment and is getting increasingly popular abroad. Established in Berlin on February 13th 1992, by Daniela Haufe and Detief Fiedler,...More »
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Nagi Noda "Hanpanda Contemporary Art"
In her three incarnations as director, art director and artist, Nagi Noda's combination of flair and expression have drawn the attention of the international media, making her one of the most talked-about...More »
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Yusaku Kamekura - A Leading Pioneer in the World of Japanese Design
For its first regular exhibition of 2006, Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) will take a retrospective look at the achievements of Yusaku Kamekura (1915-1997), one of the leading pioneers of graphic design in...More »
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Swiss Poster Art 100 years of creation
Poster art is one of Switzerland's major contributions to decorative arts. For more than a century, Swiss graphic designers gave a strong personality to their art by synthesizing very different influences...More »
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Shin Sobue + Cozfish Exhibition
Shin Sobue has been generating new trends in book design. In an effort to explore his "extraordinary power to enchant," this exhibition will introduce the 15-year career of Shin Sobue and his cozfish studio. "From...More »
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Laboratoires CCCP = Dr. Peche + Melle Rose Exhibition
This Orleans-based young French graphic designer with a cryptic name was brought into the limelight in Japan two years ago with the award of both the Grand Prix and the Yusaku Kamekura International Design...More »
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Graphic Wave 2005
In September 2005 the Ginza Graphic Gallery will hold the Graphic Wave 2005 exhibition, featuring the works of Ichiro Tanida, Ichiro Higashiizumi and Chie Morimoto. Ichiro Tanida is a topliner director...More »
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Masahiko Sato Laboratory Exhibition
The August 2005 Ginza Graphic Gallery event is titled the Masahiko Sato Laboratory exhibition. Masahiko Sato continues to make his presence powerfully felt in a wide range of activities. In addition to...More »
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Chermayeff & Geismar Inc: Designing Over Four Decades
The show looks at the activities of Chermayeff & Geismar Inc., a leader of the New York graphic design world for nearly a half century. The roughly 150 items in the exhibition cover a broad range of...More »
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The Graphic Design of Makoto Wada
The varied activities of Makoto Wada cannot be restrained by conventional boundaries. Illustrator, graphic designer, picture book author, animator, movie director, lyricist and composer of music, essayist,...More »
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05 TDC Exhibition
The Ginza Graphic Gallery will hold its annual 05 TDC Exhibition in April. This exhibition allows visitors to fully appreciate the results of the latest Tokyo TDC Award Competition, the most well-known...More »
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Katsunori Aoki XX
Katsunori Aoki continues to produce advertisements with solid, imaginative designs that have been widely noted, such as the Laforet fashion department store's Grand Bazaar and Kirin's "Kanpai! Lager" campaigns....More »
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Balarinji Design Exhibition -- Ancient Culture - Contemporary Design
Run by John Moriarty, Balarinji is known as an innovative contemporary design brand that has been pushing the boundaries of Australian design. Moriarty, in whose veins runs the heritage of the indigenous...More »
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The Seven Faces of the Asaba Exhibition
Along with forging a new era in the advertising and design world since the 1970s, Katsumi Asaba has displayed multiple talents while studying the Tompa characters preserved in the recesses of China, which...More »
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"Another Side of Ayao Yamana, 1920s-70s"
This December's exhibition at the ginza graphic gallery is entitled "Another Side of Ayao Yamana, 1920s-70s." The legacy of Ayao Yamana (1897-1980) has always been discussed in the same breath as Shiseido's...More »
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Gallery Talk "Ayao Yamana and the Postwar Design World"
Speaker: Masayoshi Nakajo, Makoto Wada, Shobun Nakashima Capacity is limited to 70 persons. Those interested in attending the talk should contact the gallery in advance.More »
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Kashiwa Sato "Beyond" Gallery Talk
At DNP Ginza building, 5th floor conference room. Naoto Fukasawa and Kashiwa Sato are scheduled to speak. Free admission, seating capacity of 70. Please register at the gallery information counter. More »
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Kashiwa Sato "Beyond"
In November 2004, Ginza Graphic Gallery will hold an exhibition called Kashiwa Sato BEYOND. Kashiwa Sato symbolizes trends in today's design world as an artist who constantly expands the framework of...More »
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Kohei Sugiura - Gallery Talk
ginza graphic gallery's (ggg) exhibition of October 2004 will take a retrospective look at Kohei Sugiura's glowing achievements in magazine design over the past 50 years. Panelists: Kohei Sugiura, Hitoshi...More »
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Kohei Sugiura: A Whirlwind Half-Century in Magazine Design
This exhibition will take a retrospective look at Kohei Sugiura's glowing achievements in magazine design over the past 50 years. Through five decades Kohei Sugiura has been a revolutionary innovator in...More »
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Graphic Wave 2004: Gallery Talk
Autumn brings the annual Graphic Wave exhibition to the Ginza Graphic Gallery, this year under the title "Graphic Wave 2004: Aoshi Kudo x GRAPH x Namaiki." Speakers: Aoshi Kudo, GRAPH (Issay Kitagawa),...More »
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Graphic Wave 2004: Aoshi Kudo x GRAPH x Namaiki
Autumn brings the annual Graphic Wave exhibition to the Ginza Graphic Gallery, this year under the title "Graphic Wave 2004: Aoshi Kudo x GRAPH x Namaiki." Aoshi Kudo designs from a unique perspective,...More »
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2005 Tokyo Art Directors Club Exhibition
Over a period of 4 days, 87 ADC members judged roughly 10,000 entries that were produced between May 2004 and April 2005. The works covered a variety of fields, including posters, newspaper and magazine...More »





