Part of the New Illustrated Library of Science and Invention books designed by Erik Nitsche
Details
Format: Book
Designer/s: Erik
Year: 1964
Client/Publisher: Leisure Arts Limited
Size: 172mm x 270mm
Erik Nitsche studied at the Collège Classique in Lausanne, the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich under Professor Ehmcke, and in Paris with Maximilien Vox. He worked with the printing firm Draeger Frères in Paris from 1929 to 1932 before freelancing and moving to New York in 1934. There, he became art director for Saks Fifth Avenue and worked with Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Ohrbach's, while overseeing ad campaigns for Douglas Aircraft, Scandinavian Airlines, and RCA Victor's Record Review. In 1947, he was named vice president of Dorland International, handling art and industrial design. Nitsche later redesigned advertising for Filene's, worked with the Museum of Modern Art, and led campaigns for 20th Century Fox and Decca Records. In 1953, he became a consultant for General Dynamics, designing the Atoms for Peace campaign in 1955.
A History of Land Transportation, Leisure Arts Limited, 1964. Designed by Erik Nitsche
A History of Land Transportation, Leisure Arts Limited, 1964. Designed by Erik Nitsche
A History of Land Transportation, Leisure Arts Limited, 1964. Designed by Erik Nitsche
A History of Land Transportation is part of the New Illustrated Library of Science and Invention books designed by Erik Nitsche in the 1960s.
Erik Nitsche studied at the Collège Classique in Lausanne, the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich under Professor Ehmcke, and in Paris with Maximilien Vox. He worked with the printing firm Draeger Frères in Paris from 1929 to 1932 before freelancing and moving to New York in 1934. There, he became art director for Saks Fifth Avenue and worked with Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Ohrbach's, while overseeing ad campaigns for Douglas Aircraft, Scandinavian Airlines, and RCA Victor's Record Review. In 1947, he was named vice president of Dorland International, handling art and industrial design. Nitsche later redesigned advertising for Filene's, worked with the Museum of Modern Art, and led campaigns for 20th Century Fox and Decca Records. In 1953, he became a consultant for General Dynamics, designing the Atoms for Peace campaign in 1955.
Ken was born in 1929, in Southampton and grew up in a small market town in North Devon. He was a principled man, with strong values and views against the hyper-consumerism we live with today. Ken studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes.
Parallel Public is a new publication by Sara Blaylock, published by MIT Press. The book documents the East German artists pioneering work that made their country’s experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life.
In my previous article about the design work produced for Insituto di Tella, I touched upon the artists Juan Carlos Distéfano, Ruben Fontana and Juan Andralis. After further research, I found a suite of other designs they had produced, including exhibition posters, concert programmes and record sleeves.
