Introduction of the author

 

ASAKURA, Naomi was born in 1929, and graduated from the Department of Arts of the Tokyo University of Education with a major in KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design). He worked as a graphic designer, then became an assistant professor of the Kyoto University of Education, assistant professor of the Tokyo University of Education, and professor of Tsukuba University. Currently, he is a professor of Bunkyo University, and serves as the president of the Basic Art and Design Society, and an honorary member and a steering committee member of the Japan Society for the Science of Design. He also serves as a temporary lecturer at the graduate school of the Women's University of Arts, an honorary professor at the Guangzhou University of Arts (China), an honorary professor of the Shantdong University of Art and Design (China), and a visiting professor of the Tienchin University of Arts (China). 

Books: · "Designing programs" (by Karl Gerstner, translation); 

             · "Creating With Paper", Bijyutu Publishing Company; 
             · "Introduction to Geometric Arts", Rikougaku Sya, Inc.; 
             · "Graphic Design International", ABC Verlag, Zürich, (assignment authoring); 
             · "Fundamental Problems of Creating in Two-Dimensional Space", 
             · "Fundamentals of the Composition of Lights" - (single author), 
             · "Fundamental Problems of Creating in Three-Dimensional space", 
             · "Fundamental Problems of Composing with Colors" - (Editor and author), Rikuyousya Inc.

Major publications: · "Research of Geometrical Shapes in Composition" 

                                      in the bulletin of Kyoto University of Education I-VI; 
                                  · "Research of Lines in Art and Design I-II" 
                                       in the bulletin of Tokyo University of Education; 
                                  · "Production Processes of Holograms and their Consideration as Art", 
                                  · "Research on Arts" in the bulletin of the Art schools in Tsukuba University;
                                  · "Research of Shapes Using Tools and Machines (1) - (12)", 
                                  · "Art and Design Using Lights",
                                  · "KOHSEI as Basic Art and Design", Design Gaku Kenkyu 
                                       (the bulletin of the Japanese Society for the Science of Design), 
                                  · "Color Arrangements in Color Education" 
                                       in the bulletin of Bunkyo University; 
                                  · "Research of Geometrical Configurations in Art and Design", 
                                  · "Fundamentals of Modern Art and design (1)-(5)", 
                                       Selected papers of the Society of Basic Art & Design. 

Address: 305 1205-5 Kurakake, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, TEL/FAX: +81-298-51-0328
 

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