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Gebrauchsgraphik, 9, 1966

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Content includes:
Alexandre Alexandre – Galeries LaFayette and Jacques Lavaux
Armir Eichholz – Señor DON Personally, a Spanish Journal for Gentlemen’s Fashions
Ludwig Ebenhöh – The Corporate Image of the Catholic Worker’s Movement by Heldfried Hagenberg Graphic Art
Eberhard Hölscher – International Poster Exhibition in Kassel
J.J. de Lucio-Meyer – Arnold Schwartzman, London Publicity Design, Television-Graphics, Illustration
Eberhard Hölscher First International Poster-Biennial Warsaw 1996
Hans Kuh – Munich Typography

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Alain Pontecorvo
  • Year: 1966
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 230mm x 297mm

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 9, 1966. Cover design by Alain Pontecorvo
Gebrauchsgraphik, 9, 1966. Cover design by Alain Pontecorvo
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