Masterworks

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).

Shigeo Fukuda is a world renowned master of graphic arts and design. This book, selected and arranged by the artist, is his best and most famous work, and includes development sketches for each piece.

Library Journal

Renowned Japanese graphic artist Fukuda himself selected the posters for this collection of his best work. Going as far back as the early 1970s but dating to as recently as 2004, with the vast majority created during the 1990s, the posters usually take up a page and get captions (alas, too brief). The book as a whole conveys the vision of a man who knows how to twist our reality to help us understand it better. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Shigeo Fukuda designed the celebrated official poster for Expo '70 in Japan, and the award-winning international poster commemorating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution (1989). His publications include Elements of Ideas, Visual Illusions, Shigeo Fukuda's Contrived Designs, Illustrick 412 and Great Works by Shigeo Fukuda. He is the president of the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA), a committee member of the Tokyo Art Director's Club, and a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI) and the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI).