When it comes to Japanese design, you will first think of Japan's first tier brands, such as MUJI, Yoshinoka, Shiseido, and so on. In addition, there are Japan's world-famous animation works and very stylish graphic design. How about studying in Japanese graphic design? Now, let's talk about studying graphic design in Japanese art.
The second "At Design Corporate Planning Exhibition - Japan Graphic Design Exhibition" will be held in Shanghai in October. The theme of this exhibition is "Everyday". For the first time, 20 Japanese designers published their representative works, production process and design manuscripts overseas, covering brand, VI, packaging, logo, advertising and other fields. The main vision and derivative design were carried out by the top Japanese designer, Kenjiro Satono, and Takata Inoguchi acted as the dynamic designer.
This time, there are 20 designers including Sato Zhuo, Kenjiro Sato, Icheng Hattori, and Dunji Kikudi. There are nearly 300 precious works including Meiji Milk Packaging, Lotte Gum Packaging, Miyake Lifelong Pleats PLEATS PLEASE Main Vision, Tama University of Fine Arts Integrated Design Professional Publicity Advertising, and Kusama Yayoi Museum Logo.
Meiji Milk • Lotte Gum and other classic works
Sandeli series advertisements
After visiting the exhibition, in order to further bring the "sense of experience" into the exhibition, restore the connection between design and real life experience, it will appear in the form of "daily convenience store" in the venue and commercial facilities. Here you can buy original products designed by Japanese designers, cross-border products with world famous brands, design books and original signature posters.
Study abroad in Japanese art Graphic Design:
More than half a century ago, Japan was still a "notorious" copycat country. Resources are poor, land is small, and after the war, the land is even scarcer. To describe Japan before its economic take-off in one word: poor! The Japanese government vigorously followed the development pace of the world's advanced countries, and the economy gradually took off from the post-war state. Until the 1970s, with the improvement of the whole social economy, Japanese graphic design rose, and a group of graphic designers represented by "the father of Muji" Ichiro Tanaka became big winners of the "Daily Industrial Design Award". Tanaka Yiguang's simple and concise design language, fresh artistic conception, beautiful form, and highly personalized design techniques have had a very far-reaching impact on Japanese modern graphic design and advertising.
Since the 1970s, with the design principle of "one piece of cloth", it has broken the exaggerated body curve pursued by western fashion design circles. The life of Miyake, who liberated women's bodies, and then to Yoji Yamamoto and Pauline Kawaguchi, Japanese fashion design is unique on the world stage!
As we all know, the three major components of the knowledge system of modern graphic design: plane composition, color composition and three-dimensional composition are derived from the upgrading and collation of modern design knowledge of Bauhaus by Mr. Takehiko Mizutani, the ancestor of Japanese design, and become a set of very practical and useful design techniques.
Behind the well-known Japanese brands, there are very famous Japanese designers! Tanaka Ichiro, Harayaya and Naoto Mizawa of MUJI; Saito Keshihe of UNIQLO; Issey Miyake in the clothing industry, Pauline Kawaguchi... Among the 45 winners of the Pritzker Architecture Award, 8 are Japanese designers!
Tips for applying for studying in Japanese graphic design:
1. When applying for the graphic design major in Japanese colleges and universities, the typesetting font on the collection should be simple, easy to read and familiar.
2. Japanese colleges and universities pay more attention to the output of works, including themes, ideas, materials, etc. Compared with the UK, it pays more attention to the process of making collections.
3. Apply for Japanese Theme direction of works collection It can reflect more national characteristics. Japanese graduate students are "masters and apprentices", so students need to fully understand the focus and direction of the research of your chosen tutor before applying.
4. Advantages of applying to Japanese universities: high cost performance, low consumption level compared with Europe and the United States. Japan values students' art skills, which has great advantages for domestic students who have participated in the art examination.
Yuan Yanzai's Graphic Design Works -- Brand Image of Japanese Niaoya Bookstore
Having learned so many Japanese design universities and majors studying abroad, in general, studying abroad in Japan can not only obtain good teaching resources and internship opportunities, but also have advantages in cost compared with Britain and the United States. No matter whether you are getting college scholarships or working as an intern, students can basically accept and support the average, which is a very cost-effective choice.
Japanese art schools pay more attention to professionalism, and their teaching methods are integrated into the local culture in many ways. Therefore, loving and understanding Japanese culture is the prerequisite for learning. Compared with the art schools in Britain and the United States, Japan has the advantages of low cost of studying abroad and being close to home. If you love Japan and this modern art style, famous Japanese schools will also warmly welcome you who are different.
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