TADANORI YOKOO WITH PROFESSOR MELISSA

Tadanori Yokoo is one of the best-known Japanese illustrators, painters, and graphic designers of post-war Japan. This episode features a very special guest– Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard University, and my sister, Melissa McCormick!  We discuss Yokoo's absurdist psych record covers from the '70s, including the album "Lotus" for Carlos Santana which holds the world 'record' for the most gatefolds! Plus, lots of other-worldly weirdness and a snapshot of his origin story.  Tadanoriyokoo.com PROFESSOR MELISSA MCCORMICKhttps://scholar.harvard.edu/melissamccormick/homehttps://www.edx.org/school/harvardx Follow on IG @designfreakspodcast Twitter @designfreakspodFacebook https://www.facebook.com/designfreakspodcast designfreakspodcast.comRuinousmedia.com Donate to help with recording costs Thank you! SOURCEShttps://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/06/yokoo-tadanori-album-design https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/vintage-posters/2020/04/tanadori-yokoo-pop-visionary/ TADANORI YOKOO – Exhibition Catalog Published in 2006 for the Tadanori Yokoo exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain https://www.moma.org/artists/6502?=undefined&page=&direction= Theme Music: "Jet in Jungle" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John Dwyer Support the show