IBM puts a premium on functional design, forms and colours which make it far easier for the potential customer to gain an insight. In this respect the IBM methods are exemplary. The IBM already opened studios of artistic and graphic design for its German and Italian offices and a few years ago another such studio was established in Paris. Frank René Testemale was entrusted with its organisation and was appointed its business and art director.
Gabriel sent me a link to his amazing Uruguayan Graphic Design Archive when I launched Design Reviewed. The content was so amazing, I ended up spending a good hour looking through the content and it has definitely made it to my bookmarks.
He designed stamps from around 1955 and in the book Karl Oskar Blase, Briefmarken-Design, Verlag für Philatelistische Literatur, 1981, he was described as one of the most influential stamp designers in Germany.
After researching further into the work designed by their practice, I found ten programmes designed between 1958 and 1960. These programmes were designed for a variety of live jazz events in Germany and all followed the same format.
![Impact 2.0 - Design magazines, journals and periodicals [1974–2016] [Unit 28]](https://designreviewed.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Impact-2.0-Design-magazines-journals-and-periodicals-1974–2016-Unit-28-scaled-jpg-qmz1eob5bxus8tqjuy1n2cguel0it1lxdw5gy5z328.webp "Impact 2.0 – Design magazines, journals and periodicals [1974–2016] [Unit 28]")
