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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 (in collaboration with graphic designer Rafael Esquer) and was the director of costume design for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 romantic-horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula, which was based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, and received a posthumous nomination in the same category for her work in Tarsem Singh's 2012 fantasy comedy film Mirror Mirror. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eiko Ishioka is the 47th most popular designer (up from 49th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 845th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Eiko Ishioka ranks 47 out of 104. Before her are Mariano Fortuny, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, Luigi Colani, and Otl Aicher. After her are Betsy Ross, Adrian Frutiger, John Baskerville, Domenico Dolce, Milton Glaser, and Milena Canonero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Eiko Ishioka ranks 212. Before her are Luis Artime, Richard Beymer, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, William B. Davis, Leon Panetta, and Karin Balzer. After her are Carlo Caffarra, Suhaila Siddiq, Klaus Voormann, Yuri Temirkanov, Francesco Coccopalmerio, and Andrey Myagkov. Among people deceased in 2012, Eiko Ishioka ranks 153. Before her are Anita Björk, Jack Klugman, Han Suyin, Gae Aulenti, Daniel Inouye, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. After her are Jiří Raška, Geoffrey Hughes, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, and Bob Anderson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiko Ishioka ranks 853 out of 6,245. Before her are Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Katō Takaaki (1860), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Tōdō Takatora (1556), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), and Kōji Yakusho (1956). After her are Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Ichiji Otani (1912), Haruhisa Hasegawa (1957), Ōtomo Sōrin (1530), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), and Matsudaira Katamori (1836).

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Among DESIGNERS In Japan

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

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