Advertisements for Radio Italiano designed by Erberto Carboni Scanned from Publimondial 29, 1950

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Erberto Carboni and his work for Radio Italiana, 1940s and 1950s

These one-colour forms have a playful but structured aesthetic through their geometric forms, they remind me of the abstract line drawings of Picasso blended with Jan Tschichold and the New Typography.

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