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A minimal poster for a photography exhibition during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, featuring a large soft pink-to-magenta gradient circle against a solid red background.

日本・カラー1964, "Color in Japan" — Art Exhibition During Tokyo Olympics

A minimal poster featuring a large soft pink-to-magenta gradient circle set against a solid red background, evoking the Japanese flag, with black Japanese and English title type and the Tokyo Olympics emblem placed in the lower left.

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Credit

Year
1964
Found via
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danysegv

August 25, 2026

Traits

Movement

NeoSwissInternational Typographic Style

Grid-locked rationalism in the Swiss lineage — objective type, mathematical division, and restraint held as a position rather than an absence.

Typography

BoldGroteskGrotesk

Thick, intentional lettering providing necessary structural weight to modern minimalist layouts.

Palette & Light

LiquidGradientsMesh Gradient

Soft, fluid blends and subtle transitions creating a sense of gentle depth without overwhelming harsh color blocks.

Layout

FrontalSymmetrySymmetry

Highly structured, perfectly centered focal points emerging from negative space.

Medium

PosterWorkPoster / Out-of-Home

Single-surface display work built to be read at distance — bills, gig posters, and out-of-home placements.

Subject

AbstractFieldNon-Representational

Colour, texture, and form resolving to nothing depictive — pattern and field rather than picture.

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