This presentation was initiated by the Japan Typography Association, an organization that has been publishing the influential Japan Typography Annual for over half a century. Three leading typographers will offer their perspectives on the rising importance of kanji typography. Font designer Akira Kataoka will discuss the study and presentation of kanji typefaces; type designer Yoshimaru Takahashi will look at kanji logos; and editorial designer Tsuyokatsu Kudo will focus on kanji typesetting.
Kataoka Akira, born in 1947, is the representative director of Kinuta Font Factory. His published typefaces include Marumin Old (2000), Iroha Gothic (2005), Marumaru Gothic (2008), Donguri (2011), Yuji-3 (2011), Yamamoto-An (2013), Shin (2014), Kinuta Minchotai L (2017) , and Kana Reiwa (2019). He is a member of the Japan Typography Association, and the author of the book Mojihon. 片岡朗は砧書体制作所主宰。1947年生。フォント発表作品、2000年「丸明オールド」、’05年「イロハゴシック 」、’08年「丸丸ゴシック」、’10年、共作「佑字」、’12年、共作「山本庵」、’14年、極細フォント「芯」、’17年「砧明朝体L」。’19年「かな令和」。日本タイポグラフィ協会会員。著書「文字本」。
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Tsuyokatsu Kudo
Kudo Tsuyokatsu is a graphic designer who graduated from the living design course at Kuwasawa Design School in 1973. After lecturing in visual communication at Musashino Art University, he became a professor at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design in 2006, and guest professor from 2013–14. Tsuyokatsu’s ooks include Textbook for Editorial Design (4th edition), Analysis of Work & Essentials of Design, and Lecture on Typographic Design Method. 工藤強勝はグラフィックデザイナー。1973年桑沢デザイン研究所リビングデザイン科修了。武蔵野美術大学視覚伝達デザイン学科講師を経て2006年より首都大学東京大学院システムデザイン研究科教授、2013～14年客員教授。著書に『編集デザインの教科書〈第4版〉』、『デザイン解体新書〉』、『文字組デザイン講座』など。
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Yoshimaru Takahashi
Takahashi Yoshimaru explores visual communication with human warmth, pivoting on typography, in everything from branding to book design. He is the author of The Pleasure of Typography (Pie International), Fuzzy Communication (Museum of Arts & Crafts, Hamburg), and Takahashi Yoshimaru’s Design World (China Kwangsi Art Publisher), among others.In addition, Takahashi is a professor at Osaka University of Arts, the principal of Kokokumaru Inc, and chairman of the board of the Japan Typography Association. 高橋善丸はブランディングからブックデザインまで、タイポグラフィを主軸としながら湿度ある視覚コミュニケーション表現を探究。主な著書に「ここちいい文字」パイ・インターナショナル「曖昧なコミュニケーション」ハンブルク美術工芸博物館、「高橋善丸設計世界」中国広西美術出版、他がある。大阪芸術大学教授。株式会社広告丸主宰。日本タイポグラフィ協会理事長。