Introduction

Foreword | Alex Kerr

Chapter1

The emperor of Japanese graphic design

Yusaku Kamekura: The maestro of the far east

Chapter2

he pioneers and organizers

Kazumasa Nagai: Wilderness

Kiyoshi Awazu: The seer and the seen

Ikko Tanaka: Once in a lifetime

Mitsuo Katsui: Channeling ikizama

Shigeo Fukuda: The solitary prankster

Chapter3

The internationalists

Tadanori Yokoo: Mother nature's son

Issey Miyake: The ordinary that surprises

Eiko Ishioka: exceptional eiko

Chapter4

The pragmatists

Toshiyuki Kita: Determined optimist

Koichi Sat: Mr. Sandman

Takenobu Igarashi: a place for design

Chronology

Bibliography