Name
青葉 益輝 あおば ますてる AOBA Masuteru
Job Title
Art Director
Birth
July 18, 1939
Death
July 09, 2011
Area
Tokyo
Profile
Born in Tokyo. after graduating from Kuwasawa Design School in 1962, he worked at advertising design agencies before establishing the Masuteru Aoba Design Office in 1969. His numerous awards include the Asahi Advertising Award, the Brno International Graphic Design Biennale Grand Prix, the Warsaw International Poster Biennale Gold prize, and the New York Art Directors Club International Exhibition Gold Prize. In 1993 he produced the first official poster for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. He won the JAAC Yamana Prize in 1995, and in 2006 was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, a committee member of the Tokyo Art Directors Club and a director of Japan Graphic Designers Association.
Source: "2007 GRAPHIC DESIGN ANNUAL DNP ginza graphic gallery・ddd gallery"
Activities at ddd
Approximately 75 years after his birth (2014)
Participated in DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection Ⅵ THE NIPPON POSTERS as Featured Designer.
Approximately 72 years after his birth (2011)
Participated in 100 gggBooks 100 Graphic Designers as Featured Designer.
Approximately 70 years old (2009)
Participated in Brilliant Rivalry: Works by Outstanding Designers in the DNP Archives of Graphic Design as Featured Designer.
Approximately 69 years old (2008)
Participated in AOBA SHOW: Masuteru Aoba One-Man Show as Featured Designer, Poster Designer, and Gallery Talk Speaker.
Approximately 68 years old (2007)
Participated in EXHIBITIONS: Graphic Messages from ggg & ddd 1986-2006 as Featured Designer.
Approximately 65 years old (2004)
Participated in 2004 Tokyo Art Directors Club Exhibition as Gallery Talk Participants.
Approximately 61 years old (2000)
Participated in Graphic Message for Ecology Exhibition as Poster Designer.
Approximately 54 years old (1993)
Participated in Imagination of Letters as Featured Designer.
