Shigeo Fukuda, the great japanese master died suddenly on Sunday, January 11, 2009 in Tokyo.
Steven Heller has written an obituary in the New
York Times, 2009.01.19, and many of Shigeo Fukuda's posters are on the website of his exhibition
in Macau, China, in 2003.
Masters of deception shows some of his sculptures and optical illusions.
More online work can be found from my growing link list in Delicious.
Several people ( Andrew Lewis (Canada), Susana Machicao and David Criado (Bolivia), Jorge Negro (Mexico) ) wrote me that they are organizing tributes to Shigeo Fukuda, please contact them directly if you would like to contribute. Kriska Rudzinski plans a Fukuda exhibition in Helsinki, opening October 29, 2009. In the meantime, I have collected some random emails, photos, web links
that express the admiration Shigeo Fukuda enjoyed in the poster world:
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Shigeo Fukuda is beloved designer. Was informed that Mr. Fukuda Shigeo died, I am very sad.
Huang Yifen, Hubai, China My blog |
He was an idol of our designers - nothing to say. His love is always with us. Even in the 70's Elena Chernevich proposed to measure creativity in the design in such units as the "miliFukuda". Today, Andrei Logvin said: "Fukuda incomprehensible as UFOs. Above my head".Boris Trofimov: "Fukuda made the design something super-natural, brought the concept of design and graphic design up to a delight. The great master!" read more
Sergei Serov, Moscow, Russia |
This Poster is for Mr. Shigeo Fukuda
This is from me and Vibre International Group Milad Shokouhi, Iran |
as a way of respect to Mr. Fukuda, some designers here in Paraguay are doing a tribute T-shirt with one of his most celebrated posters... I'm sharing this with you today... the greatest respect to Fukuda Sensei...
Rodolfo Silvero Caballero, Paraguay |
Shigeo Fukuda died. For me he was God father. Therefore, when he appeared in my studio two years ago and sat at my table, in the company of the jury members of Golden Bee 7, I was so excited that I forgot to ask for an autograph in my cherished sketchbook of autographs of the Great. Andrei Logvin, Moscow, in his blog Lifejournal, 2009.01.15 |
I'm still shocked about the terrible news about our friend and
master : Fukuda San...
I remember him last June in Chicago, during the jury week-end of The Chicago International Poster Biennial,
dancing on the table during all the night and share with us his
generosity and energy.
I will miss him... Yann Legendre, Chicago, USA |
Max Skorwider, Poland |
"Ñiko presenta Shigeo Fukuda", video by melpostudio on Youtube |
Antonio Perez Niko, Xalapa, Mexico www.amarilloespacio.com.mx, soytimido.blogspot.com |
Caglar Okur, Turkey, Photo R. Wanner |
Poster by Leo Lin |
Poster by Jack Hung |
Poster by Sophia Shih |
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Poster by Fei Kuo-Ching |
Poster by Janson Tsai |
Poster by Hsu Ho-Chieh |
Shigeo Fukuda had a close relationship with Taiwan, he was last in Taipei two weeks before his death, and had planned another trip for January 12, 2009. In 2002, the Taiwan Poster Design Association organized a large exhibition and workshop, and many of Taiwan's best designers dedicated a poster to him. The examples at left are from the 260 page catalogue published on the occasion, "Poster Master in Taiwan Shigeo Fukuda". |
from the obituary by Steven Heller in the New York Times, 2009.01.19
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Poster by Shigeo Fukuda |
Poster by Yasser Lamei, Iran |
I am Yasser Lamei from Iran. I designed this poster for Shigeo Fukuda death and as you see I tried to inspire from one of his posters. It's name is He has gone but he has not gone |
Shigeo Fukuda had a poster exhibition curated by Florence Robert during the "Journes Savignac" in Trouville, France, in October 2008. He talks about his life and art in this interview by pointgmagazine.
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Apex Lin in his office with model |
Finished sculpture in Ping Tung, Taiwan |
A month before Shigeo Fukuda's death, we visited Apex Lin in his office in Taipei. He proudly showed us a model of a sculpture that Shigeo Fukuda designed for the Blue Fin Tuna Festival in Apex Lin's home town of Ping Tung. More pictures, including some with Fukuda supervising the construction, and one showing him dancing on stage at the festival in 2004, are on gtctcc's blog. |
Poster by Anna Samuelian |
Poster by Anna Kulachek |
Poster by Maria Safonova |
To learn graphic design history, Sergei Serov's students at VAShGD in Moscow made a series of fictional posters for absolut vodka in the style of a famous designer, trying to catch his essence. |
Uwe Loesch and Shigeo Fukuda Golden Bee 7, Moscow International Biennial of Graphic Design 2006 |
Tribute to Shigeo Fukuda Mehmet Emir Uslu, Turkey |
Boris Ljubicic, Croatia |
Peter Pocs, Hungary / Denmark Shigeo Fukuda exhgibition in the Gallery Pecs, Hungary, 1987 |
Angela Espinosa, Mexico Design Student, ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico |
Ali Afsarpur, Iran |
Elmer Sosa, Puebla, Mexico in his blog monosdemas Fukuda was for much of the Mexican designers one of the biggest influences, you will miss teacher. |
Benyamin Mohammadi, Iran this poster is Designed for MR Fukuda. As it is clear this is a copy from one of his most famous work "victory" and by designing this i want to express my sorrow to world. |
Finn Nygaard, Denmark Shigeo Fukuda a great designer and wonderful friend, all of us would miss him.... (Seymour Chwast, Waldemar Swierzy, Finn Nygaard, Alan Fletcher, photo from 1998) |
Savas Cekic, Turkey A poster series called "Dedicated to Shigeo Fukuda", designed in 2007 |
Ronald J. Cala II, USA |
Maria Mercedes Salgado, Ecuador Art Director of the daily El Telegrafo |
Marlena Buczek, USA |
Samuel Verdugo, Mexico, in his blog Samuel Verdugo |
Rodolfo Fuentes, Uruguay |
Masoud Aghaie, Iran |
Lourdes Zolezzi, Mexico Fukuda in our heart Xalapa Anthropology Museum 2008, Mexico. Mitsuo Katsui, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Shigeo Fukuda, Carlos M. Gonzalez Manjarrez and Lourdes Zolezzi. |
Ronald Curchod, France "Tokyoto" pendant le congrès AGI au Japon, 2006 |
Sophia Shih and Shigeo Fukuda |
Sophia Shih, Taiwan Last time Fukuda San was in Taipei, December 27, 2008, for the Asian Design Alliance Conference |
Quand on me demande laquelle de mes affiches est la plus emblématique de mon
travail, je trouve la demande absurde car je ne supporte pas de voir mon
travail réduit à une seule image, je suis totalement incapable d'y répondre
et en toute logique je me garde bien de réduire l'oeuvre des autres à une
image, elle implique un choix, c'est réducteur et cela alimente la
détestable culture des clichés dans laquelle nous baignons.......
Alors pourquoi se fait-il qu'en évoquant Fukuda, dont la disparition récente me touche, une seule image s'impose a moi, l'affiche "Victory" avec l'obus rentrant dans l'affût du canon..... Et je ne dois pas être le seul. Si un livre devait être publié sur Fukuda qu'elle autre image pourrait être en couverture?... Jusqu'à sa fin inattendue, la créativité de Fukuda a toujours été
foisonnante, variée, inventive et pourtant cette image occulte toute les
autres...... Sa notoriété est due à plusieurs facteurs, malgré son âge (35
ans) elle n'a jamais cessé d'être reproduite et malheureusement l'actualité
de son thème ne s'est jamais démentie....
L'affiche de Fukuda est simple alors que ses avatars sont simplistes. A
l'instar de leur référence ils mettent en scène une silhouette symbole noire
sur fond rouge ou jaune et par une modification, une superposition une
modification transforme le sens en message... C'est un shéma classique du
langage de l'affiche, réduit à sa plus simple expression par son graphisme
pictogrammique... Quoi de plus simple à imiter? Cela explique la
foulititude d'images post-victorienne...
Le seul défaut de cette image est peut être de nous faire oublier que
l'essentiel de l'oeuvre de Fukuda axée sur le voir et son illusion et qu'au
travers de sa production, il a utilisé et développé tous les codes connus
pour piéger la logique de notre perception en deux comme en trois
dimensions... Mais comme je le disais réduire l'oeuvre d'une vie a une
seule image, à un cliché, est sans doute injuste... Nous les graphistes, en
maniant quotidiennement des clichés participons sans le vouloir à cette
culture du "Kitch".
Un admirateur anonyme |
Karla Blanco, Mexico |
Yossi Lemel, Israel Gaza Israel January 2009 Hommage to Shigeo Fukuda (On the left the map of the Gaza stripe) |
Vladimir Chaika, Russia |
Radovan Jenko, Slovenia |
Gustavo Morainslie, Mexico |
Sergio Grande, Mexio |
Emre Duygu, Turkey Emre started a blog in memory of Shigeo Fukuda where you can submit your posters: fukudayaselam.blogspot.com |
Poster from 2005. I asked Farid to include it, because of its "Fukuda spirit". |
Farid Martinez, Mexico |
Octavio Alonso, Mexico |
Michal Tatarkiewicz, Poland |
Jorge Negroe, Mexico A tribute to Shigeo Fukuda has been published in the online magazine www.rootsmexico.net |
Nikolai Kovalenko, Ukraine |
Takashi Akiyama, Japan Many more pictures are on Takashi Akiyama's web page Maestro Shigeo Fukuda / Hommage / Good Bye Sayonara Professor |
David Criado, Bolivia |
Dimitris Arvanitis, Greece |
Istvan Orosz, Hungary The photo was taken in Kyoto four years ago. Of course I did not think that it could be so sad and symbolic. |
Ferenc Kiss, Hungary |
Susana Machicao, Bolivia |
Ali Asghar Hoseiny, Iran |
Sergio Vega, Bolivia |
Peter Pocs, Hungary |
Romain Ichbiah, USA |
Nancy Reyes, Mexico |
Mario Daniel Fernandez, Mexico |
Ewa Grajnert-Halupka, Poland |
Mohammad Ardalani, Iran |