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Gebrauchsgraphik, 11, 1962

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Content includes:
Theodor Hilten – Jacob Landau, New York Illustrative Graphic Advertising Art from America
Pierre Mendell + Klaus Oberer – A Graphic Artist’s Team is presented
Armin Eichholz – The Visual Criminal Sonnets • Illustrations by Günther Kieser
Hans Kuh – A Modern Magazine • The Lay-out of Paris Match
Erich Pfeiffer-Belli – Knight Kunibert and his Beer • The Publicity of a German Brewery
J. J. de Lucio-Meyer – BBC Television Graphics
Eberhard Hölscher – From Old Pharmacies • Packages and Labels
Ludwig Ebenhöh – Kristian Roth • Graphic Advertising Art

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Pierre Mendell
  • Year: 1962
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 230mm x 297mm

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 11, 1962. Cover design by Pierre Mendell
Gebrauchsgraphik, 11, 1962. Cover design by Pierre Mendell
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