international recognition
international recognition
Katsui received the Mainichi Industrial Design prize in 1965, and has gone on to win many more awards, including the Japan Advertising Artists Club award and gold prizes from graphic design biennales in Poland and Mexico. He is an emeritus professor at Musashino Art University, the director of the Japan Graphic Designers Association, a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and the New York Art Directors Club.
Katsui received the Mainichi Industrial Design prize in 1965, and has gone on to win many more awards, including the Japan Advertising Artists Club award and gold prizes from graphic design biennales in Poland and Mexico. He is an emeritus professor at Musashino Art University, the director of the Japan Graphic Designers Association, a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and the New York Art Directors Club.
Visionary∞Scape poster, 2003.
Visionary∞Scape poster, 2003.
Hana poster, 1993.
Hana poster, 1993.
Love Station poster. © Museum of Design, Zurich.
Love Station poster. © Museum of Design, Zurich.
Poster for the First International Poster Triennial in Toyama, 1985. © DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion.
with respect and admiration, we call mitsuo “an alien.” the thought and curiosity behind his work reside in a higher place, glittering like a halo lighting our path. —minoru niijima, graphic designer, professor at musashino art university
Zero poster, 1985.
DIC color guide
DIC color guide
In 1968, Japanese leading ink manufacturer Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC) commissioned Mitsuo Katsui to create DIC Color Guide: a full-scale sample book comprising 641 color chips plus a mixing chart. Along with two other prominent designers—Ikko Tanaka and Tadahito Nadamoto—Mitsuo chose 600 basic colors from among 3,000 candidate colors and presented them in attractive and inspiring combinations. This work became a reference for all Japanese printing companies and earned DIC recognition as a leading name in the field of color engineering.
In 1968, Japanese leading ink manufacturer Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC) commissioned Mitsuo Katsui to create DIC Color Guide: a full-scale sample book comprising 641 color chips plus a mixing chart. Along with two other prominent designers—Ikko Tanaka and Tadahito Nadamoto—Mitsuo chose 600 basic colors from among 3,000 candidate colors and presented them in attractive and inspiring combinations. This work became a reference for all Japanese printing companies and earned DIC recognition as a leading name in the field of color engineering.
Visionary∞Gene poster, 2005.
Visionary∞Gene poster, 2005.