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Eiko Ishioka

1938 - 2012

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Eiko Ishioka (石岡 瑛子, Ishioka Eiko, July 12, 1938 – January 21, 2012) was a Japanese art director, costume designer, and graphic designer known for her work in stage, screen, advertising, and print media.Noted for her advertising campaigns for the Japanese boutique chain Parco, she collaborated with sportswear company Descente in designing uniforms and outerwear for members of the Swiss, Canadian, Japanese, and Spanish teams at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and was the director of costume design for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eiko Ishioka has received more than 695,101 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Eiko Ishioka is the 49th most popular designer (up from 50th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Japan (down from 762nd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Eiko Ishioka ranks 49 out of 86Before her are Adrian Frutiger, Nicolas Jenson, Syd Mead, Diana Vreeland, Luigi Colani, and Georg Jensen. After her are Laura Biagiotti, Otl Aicher, John Baskerville, Milton Glaser, Enzo Mari, and Paul Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Eiko Ishioka ranks 202Before her are Tufuga Efi, Zbigniew Religa, Derviş Eroğlu, Luis Artime, Leon Panetta, and Evel Knievel. After her are Ralph Bakshi, Juraj Jakubisko, Nieves Navarro, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Rauno Aaltonen, and Jean Eustache. Among people deceased in 2012, Eiko Ishioka ranks 142Before her are Gevork Vartanian, John Christopher, Ruggiero Ricci, Lakshmi Sahgal, Russell Means, and Marie Colvin. After her are Shulamith Firestone, Iajuddin Ahmed, Albert O. Hirschman, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, J. Christopher Stevens, and Lars Hörmander.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiko Ishioka ranks 777 out of 6,048Before her are Masami Kurumada (1953), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Ikki Kita (1883), Sachi Kagawa (null), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), and Sanjō Sanetomi (1837). After her are Yasushi Inoue (1907), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Naoya Shiga (1883), Sho Kosugi (1948), and Kirin Kiki (1943).

Among DESIGNERS In Japan

Among designers born in Japan, Eiko Ishioka ranks 1After her are Yuko Shimizu (1946), Yusaku Maezawa (1975), Fumito Ueda (1970), and Nicola Formichetti (1977).