Download or read book Ray Komai written by Doug Clouse and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With radiant talent, determined industry, and a cheerful disposition, designer Ray Komai built an unusual career. After forced removal to Manzanar, the World War II incarceration camp for Japanese-Americans, the Los Angeles native designed notable furniture, textiles, and magazines in New York City in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He left New York to design exhibitions and publications for the United States Information Service, promoting the country that had once put him behind barbed wire. Komai left behind beautiful work that provides insight into the relationship between design and nationalism.