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Gebrauchsgraphik, 04, 1952

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Content includes:
Eberhard Hölscher: Städtebau und Ortsgestaltung Planning of towns and villages
Eine ungewöhnliche Plakataktion
An unusual procedure concerning posters
Anton Sailer: Berliner Schaufenster im «Haus der Stoffe»
The Berlin show-windows of the «House for Fabrics»
Eberhard Hölscher: Plakate für einen Zeitungsroman
Posters for a newspaper serial
Erhard Göpel: Pressezeichnungen von Gerda von Stengel
Drawings for the press by Gerda von Stengel
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Friedemann Lichtwitz
Eberhard Hölscher: Amerika-Haus München
The America House in Munich
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Heinrich Steding
Eberhard Hölscher: Faschingsdekorationen von Grete Groth
Decorations for Carnival by Grete Groth
Neue Drucktypen der Bauerschen Gießerei, Frankfurt a, Main

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Willi Baumeister
  • Year: 1952
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 210mm x 295mm

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 4, 1954. Cover design by Willi Baumeister
Gebrauchsgraphik, 4, 1952. Cover design by Willi Baumeister
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