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Edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
With an essay by Jean Charles Giroud
64 pages, 70 illustrations
paperback
2001, 978-3-907078-53-2, German/English

“Donald Brun (1909 – 1999) was one of the most successful Swiss graphic artists of his days and co-funder of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Brun was the first of a line of designers who thought conceptually and self-confidently within the parameters of the market-place.” Lars Müller Publishers

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Donald Brun, Poster Collection 2, 2001
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