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Graphis 167, 1973

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Design and Art Direction ’73, London.The Eleventh Exhibition of British Advertising and Editorial Art, by Edward Booth-Clibborn, London
Roger Hane, by Jerome Snyder, New York
Art Directors Club of Los Angeles,by Jerome Snyder, New York
Erich Brauer, by Wieland Schmied, Hanover
The Barbarian Art of Scythia, by Dr. Elisabeth Klein, Orient
Chicago 4/’73 – Artists Guild of Chicago, Chicago Society of Communicating Arts, Graphic Arts Council of Chicago, Society of Typographic Arts, by Frank Reckitt, Chicago
Unpublished Graphis Covers, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Letraset’s International Typeface Competition, by Jack J. Kunz, Zurich

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Roger Hane
  • Year: 1973
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 167, 1973. Cover design by Roger Hane.
Graphis 167, 1973. Cover design by Roger Hane.
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