Product Description

The visual wit and optical illusions of the master graphic artist and designer, Shigeo Fukuda, transcend cultures.

Shigeo Fukuda Masterworks is a compendium of the most famous work selected and arranged by the renowned graphic artist and designer himself. Sketches show the development of his concepts for each piece.

Born in Tokyo in 1932, Shigeo Fukuda graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956. His unique style and provocative images earned him a reputation as one of the finest and most exciting poster artists in the world today.

Fukuda's solo exhibitions include the New York IBM Art Gallery (1967), the San Francisco Asian Art Gallery (1987), the Camper Modern Art Museum, France (1991) and the Japan Foundation in Toronto (1999).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #587404 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 168 pages

Review
Iconic works of poster art by one of the style's greatest artists... clever manipulator of visual imagery, producing thought-provoking posters. -- Globe and Mail 12/10/2005

Shigeo Fukuda is a star in the design firmament -- on second thought, maybe he's more of a comet. -- Alan Fletcher, Graphic Designer, London

Review
A sampling of the over 1300 posters he has created over the past 5 decades. Great reproductions. (Raymond J. Steiner Art Times 200512)

The vision of a man who knows how to twist our reality to help us understand it better. (Mirela Roncevic Library Journal )

Iconic works of poster art by one of the style's greatest artists... clever manipulator of visual imagery, producing thought-provoking posters. (Globe and Mail )

Review
Shigeo Fukuda is a star in the design firmament -- on second thought, maybe he's more of a comet. (Alan Fletcher Graphic Designer, London 200601)

Customer Reviews

It's about powerful and creative posters
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R34AWL4ONJDZJ9 Shigeo Fukuda is truly creative illustrator.

His use of negative space and symbols is amazing. Each piece looks refreshingly new and has a great smack of graphic design. Every one creates a page pausing moment. Some of his works are remotely similar to those of M.C.Escher, yet totally different.

The description on the book jacket is also accurate and I shall quote it here:

This collection of Shigeo Fukuda's brilliant and witty posters is aptly titled Masterworks. The artist has personally chosen each poster and then arranged them in the order presented here. These are the pieces he feels will communicate visually across all cultures around the world.

As Alan Fletcher has pointed out, Shigeo Fukuda, like all great creative minds, understands that to manipulate our perceptions is to see the world in a new way. Through the posters we come to appreciate how little we really notice about the world around us. By making us stop and look, Fukuda makes us more aware and more appreciative of not only what we see but also how we perceive reality itself.

In addition to the posters in this book, and hundreds more, the artist has produced important work in a wide range of media including illustration, three-dimensional sculpture and monuments as well as industrial design and commercial advertising.

Born in Tokyo in 1932, Shigeo Fukuda graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956, Since then, his unique style and provocative images have earned him a reputation as one of the finest and most creative poster artists in the world.

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Very good compilation of Fukuda's work, and for a very good price. If bought used, an even better deal. His designs are inspirational, going between the precision and clearness swiss design and the free form authoral deigns from David Carson. True japanese style.