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SHIRAI Yoshihisa

1961–

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  • Name

    白井 敬尚 しらい よしひさ SHIRAI Yoshihisa

  • Job Title

    Graphic Designer, Books Designer

  • Birth

    1961

  • Area

    Japan

  • Profile

    Graphic designer born in 1961 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. After working at Grace (1981-1987) and Seihokei (1987-1998), he established his own design office in 1998. He specializes primarily in typography design, engaging in book design, editorial design, exhibition publicity materials, etc. Major works: the Japanese translation of Jan Tschichold’s Meisterbuch der Schrift (Robundo, 1998), Obun shotai hyakka jiten (Encyclopedia of Western Typefaces: Robundo, 2003), EXHIBITIONS (Dai Nippon Printing, 2007), Tokyo TDC Vol.20 (DNP Art Communications, 2009), Ai Yamaguchi’s Hogarahogara (First Light: Hatori Press, 2010), Tadanori Yokoo’s Zensoteishu (Complete Book Designs: PIE International, 2013), ggg’s Jan Tschichold Exhibition (DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion, 2013), Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana Exhibition Vol.1 (Toppan Printing, 2002) and Vol.2 (2015). From 1996 to 2011, he was involved in the branding of Ryobi Imagix’s fonts. For 10 years starting in 2005, he was in charge of art direction and design of “IDEA” magazine (Seibundo Shinkosha). Major publications (all in Japanese): “American Movable Type Printing and its Supporting Role in Japanese Movable Type Printing,” in Japanese Modern Movable Type: Shozo Motogi and His Periphery (Modern Printing Movable Type Culture Protection Society, 2003); “Typography: The Trajectory of Language Design Standardization and Consistency,” in Language Society 2 (Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Language and Society, 2008); “Movable Type and Grid Systems: Book Format Development,” in Studies in Lettering (Seibundo Shinkosha, 2008); etc. Exhibitions: TYPOJANCHI: Seoul International Typography Biennale (2001, 2011); 673rd Design Gallery 1953 Exhibition, “The Wisdom and Beauty of Books, Vol.1: The Works of Yoshihisa Shirai” (2011, Japan Design Committee; planning and layout by Keiko Hirano). Education: Instructor at Robundo Typography School in Shinjuku since 2003; instructor at MeMe Design School since 2011; Professor in Department of Visual Communication Design, College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University, since 2012.

    Source: ggg HP Exhibition Archive "Typographic Composition, Yoshihisa Shirai"

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