田中一光

Ikko Tanaka (田中 一光, Tanaka Ikkō, January 13, 1930 – January 10, 2002) was a Japanese graphic designer. One of the most significant figures in postwar Japanese graphic design, Tanaka is widely recognized for his prolific body of interdisciplinary work, which includes graphic identity and visual matter for Muji, Seibu Department Stores, Mazda, Issey Miyake, Hanae Mori, Expo 85, and posters for Noh productions and other performances and exhibitions in Japan and beyond. He also was also active in realms of book and exhibition design. His use of bold, polychromatic geometries and harnessing of the dynamic visual potential of typography are undergirded by a sensitivity towards traditional Japanese aesthetics.