Bridge 4 Part 1: Studio Research

 

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Eiko Ishioka 

 

 

Biography

12 July 1938 – 21 January 2012

Eiko Ishioka is a Japanese graphic designer, art director, set and costume designer. She won variety of awards like; an Academy Award in 1992 for Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, a Cannes Film Festival for ‘Mishima: A life in Four Chapters’, two Tony nominations for ‘M.Butterfly'(1988) and ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’, and a Grammy award in 1986 for design of Miles Davis’s album ‘Tutu’.

After graduating from Tokyo National Univeristy of Fine Arts and Music, she had worked in graphic design fields and worked for many companies’ advertisements. However she decides to work in worldwide fields. Her first film direction was ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’ in 1985. She had also worked for theater and circus as a costume designer.

As she was working with broadway shows and many films she lived in Manhattan for decades and her works was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art.

 

Sources:

• Horwell, Veronica. “Eiko Ishioka Obituary.” The Guardian. January 29, 2012. Accessed April 19, 2016. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/29/eiko-ishioka.
• Fox, Margalit. “Eiko Ishioka, Multifaceted Designer and Oscar Winner, Dies at 73.” The New York Times. January 26, 2012. Accessed April 19, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/arts/design/eiko-ishioka-designer-dies-at-73.html?_r=0.
• “Eiko Ishioka.” IMDb. Accessed April 19, 2016. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411130/.

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