Ikko Tanaka: A Pioneer of Japanese Graphic Design

Name: Ikko Tanaka: A Pioneer of Japanese Graphic Design
Author: Ikko Tanaka & Gian Carlo Calza

Ikko Tanaka & Gian Carlo Calza / 1997

A retrospective of Tanaka's fusion of traditional Japanese aesthetics with modernist geometry. Vermillion red and deep pink on warm cream echo the Nihonga painting tradition filtered through Swiss precision.

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#F5C6AA neutral RGB 245 198 170

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