40 Years of Creation
Mitsuo Katsui's designs still inspire global designers, displayed in museums, galleries, and documented in numerous publications.
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Born on September 6, 1931, in Tokyo, Japan. Katsui’s life began at the start of WWII. When he was thirteen, his family’s hometown in Tokyo was burned down during one of the first Tokyo airstrikes in 1944. After a year of being a child evacuee, he came back to the ruins of Tokyo and grew up in the midst of clashing western and Japanese values. Due to the large generation gap, a result of the war, Katsui’s generation was pressured to pave the way to a new start.
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Graduated from Tokyo University. He later returned to school to take postgraduate courses in design and photography.
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Began his career as a graphic designer for the food company, Ajinomoto, and later found his own company, the Katsui Design Office.
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Art directed the 1970 Japan World Exhibition in Osaka.
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Art directed the 1975 Okinawa Ocean Expo.
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Helped direct the Kodansha Encyclopedia series: a massive volume covering various Japanese topics.
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Art-directed the International Science and Technology Exhibition in Tsukuba. Became a professor at Musashino Art University
