(b Tokyo, 8 Sept 1932). Japanese graphic designer. He graduated in architecture from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1955 and then worked as a freelance graphic designer. He specialized in posters, calendars, record covers, catalogues and stamps and later books, magazines, exhibitions and film and television graphics. His series of covers for the magazine Space Design (1966-70) made a resounding impact. He was regarded as one of Japan's most innovative designers; his work is influenced by cosmology, Hollywood, Buddhism and the Space Age and fuses images, quotations and typography of different sizes. He used shadow and perspective to achieve depth in two-dimensional layout and was noted for his use of rich black backgrounds. In his design for Zen Uchu-shi, Summa Cosmographica, text pages, as well as covers, are entirely in black, the text itself being white. Sugiura organized and designed many exhibitions that reflect his wide-ranging interests, for example Fluorescent Chrysanthemum, an exhibition of contemporary Japanese art and graphics (London, ICA, 1968), and the Mysterious World of Asian Masks (Tokyo, Seibu Museum, 1981). He also designed a number of photography books and several illustrated books of Buddhist mandalas. He was Guest Professor at the Hochschule f?r Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany (1964-5, 1966-7), and lectured both abroad and in Japan. He received many awards, and his work can be seen in public collections (e.g. New York, MOMA).
The map of Japan which was made by time of movement and Sugiwura Kohei.
(b Tokyo, 8 Sept 1932). Japanese graphic designer. He graduated in architecture from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1955 and then worked as a freelance graphic designer. He specialized in posters, calendars, record covers, catalogues and stamps and later books, magazines, exhibitions and film and television graphics. His series of covers for the magazine Space Design (1966-70) made a resounding impact. He was regarded as one of Japan's most innovative designers; his work is influenced by cosmology, Hollywood, Buddhism and the Space Age and fuses images, quotations and typography of different sizes. He used shadow and perspective to achieve depth in two-dimensional layout and was noted for his use of rich black backgrounds. In his design for Zen Uchu-shi, Summa Cosmographica, text pages, as well as covers, are entirely in black, the text itself being white. Sugiura organized and designed many exhibitions that reflect his wide-ranging interests, for example Fluorescent Chrysanthemum, an exhibition of contemporary Japanese art and graphics (London, ICA, 1968), and the Mysterious World of Asian Masks (Tokyo, Seibu Museum, 1981). He also designed a number of photography books and several illustrated books of Buddhist mandalas. He was Guest Professor at the Hochschule f?r Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany (1964-5, 1966-7), and lectured both abroad and in Japan. He received many awards, and his work can be seen in public collections (e.g. New York, MOMA).
