ShiGeo Fukuda By Azariah Davis

Biography Born February 4, 1932 in Tokyo Fukuda’s family were toy manufacturers. During his teen years, he was heavily influenced by the Western philosophy “ The Swiss Style”, which focused on keen attention to detail, precision, and craft skills Graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (1956).

Accolades -First Japanese Designer to be inducted into the Art Director’s Hall of Fame. Multi-faceted creative as a sculptor, graphic artist, and poster designer. His work has been commissioned in: 1970’s World Fair, Osaka UCC Ueshima Coffee Seibu Department Store UCC Coffee Pavilion I.B.M Gallery New York City National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Amnesty International

Art Style Fukuda’s artwork was often influenced by his moral standards and as a post-war designer, many of his most famous pieces were oriented around anti-war protest such as Victory 1945 which spoke on the senselessness of war and gun violence. Later in his mid-50’s, he incorporated illusionism in his artwork. Examples of this change in his artwork is the Amnesty International poster and his most famous sculpture Lunch With A Helmet On, a sculpture made entirely of forks, knives, and spoons which shadow shows a detailed motorcycle.

Time I Felt most Free

Works Cited Penny,Margaret. Designer Focus: Shigeo Fukuda-Notes On Design. Sessions College. 23 March 2017. 19 November 2017 https://www.sessions.edu/notes-on-design/designer-focus-shigeo-fukuda/ Shigeo Fukuda 1932 – .2009. Design history & theory 2013.Wordpress. Accessed 19 November 2017 https://designhistory2013.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/shigeo-fukuda-1932-2009/ Heller,Steven. Shigeo Fukuda, Graphic Designer of Wit and Allusion, Dies at 76. NY Times. 19 Jan 2009. Accessed 19 November 2017 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/arts/design/20fukuda.html Antiwar Posters by Graphic Designer Shigeo Fukuda. Spoon Tamago. July 15 2015. Accessed 19 Novemeber 2017