Inhalt: | Groundwork for the posters and symbols for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games -- Visual communication designs for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games -- Documentation and legacy of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games as a media event -- "Japanese-ness" in designs for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games / Kida Takuya "Prominent among the designs for the Tokyo Olympics are the posters by Kamekura Yusaku. The posters though were not all that was designed for the Tokyo Olympics. Under the direction of design critic Katsumi Masaru, leading postwar designers such as Hara Hiromu, Kono Takashi, Yamashiro Ryuichi, Tanaka Ikko, Awazu Kiyoshi and Yanagi Sori designed a wide range of articles including tickets, invitation letters, medals, badges, award certificates, bulletins, programs, reports, ID cards, uniforms, commemorative coins and stamps, torches, promotional decorations and guidance signs."--foreword |
