JAGDA：History

Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) inaugural meeting
Yusaku Kamekura appointed president (active through June 1994)
Voluntary organization established August 26 with 705 members

Association with the Council of the Design Association of Japan and the National Health Insurance Union of Artists

JAGDA evolves into a nationwide organization
Permanent committee established

First yearbook (now titled Graphic Design in Japan / Rikuyosha) published
Joined the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda: now renamed as International Council of Design / ico-D)

JAGDA Computer Symposium launched

Establishment of the JAGDA New Designer Award
JAGDA Poster Exhibition launched and traveled nationwide, starting from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
JAGDA Production Fee Standards handbook (including fee calculation and contract examples) published

Japan Graphic Designers Association Inc. (JAGDA) inaugural meeting as a corporate entity (April 2)
JAGDA One Day School launched

JAGDA session held at the Icograda Congress in Nice, France

Commissioned production of posters for the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ National Culture Festival
Series of related poster exhibitions starts (through 1999)

Establishment of the Japan Artistic Copyright Federation
Katzumie Masaru Award co-established by five organizations (JAGDA, Japanese Society for the Science of Design, Japan Design Committee, Tokyo Art Directors Club, Japan Industrial Designers’ Association)

Hosting of the Icograda-JAGDA Pan-Pacific Design Congress ’89

Association with Japan Reprographic Rights Center (now renamed as Japan Reproduction Rights Center)

JAGDA textbook “VISUAL DESIGN” published (5 volumes / through 1997, Rikuyosha)

Kazumasa Nagai appointed president (June 1994 to June 2000)

JAGDA appointed recommendation organ for the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ overseas internship program for emerging artists

Yusaku Kamekura Design Award established under the administration of JAGDA

Shigeo Fukuda appointed president (June 2000 to January 2009)
Cooperation on the Japan Foundation’s Discover Japan through Contemporary Posters Exhibition