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Graphis 87, 1960

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Dr. Herbert Franke (Munchen): Beyond Human Vision

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: George Giusti
  • Year: 1960
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
George Giusti was of Italian and Swiss parentage and trained at the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He worked as a designer in Lugano from 1928 to 1930 and in Zurich from 1931 to 1937, then went to the United States and was employed in Government offices in Washington, D.C. In 1939 he moved to New York and designed for the US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services.

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Graphis 87, 1960. Cover design by George Giusti.
Graphis 87, 1960. Cover design by George Giusti.
George Giusti was of Italian and Swiss parentage and trained at the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He worked as a designer in Lugano from 1928 to 1930 and in Zurich from 1931 to 1937, then went to the United States and was employed in Government offices in Washington, D.C. In 1939 he moved to New York and designed for the US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services.
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