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Childcraft – The Growing Years, 1976

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  • Format Catalogue
  • Designer/s Robert (Bob) Salpeter
  • Year 1976
  • Client/Publisher Childcraft
Robert (Bob) Salpeter
Bob Salpeter was trained by Paul Rand at IBM and educated in New York, at the School of Visual Arts and the School of Industrial Art. Salpeter went on to build an extensive and impressive career working with clients such as the American Museum of Natural History, the World Golf Hall of Fame, the American Cancer Society, Scott Printing and IBM. Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Herb Lubalin. See also American Modernism and 1960s graphic design history.

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Childcraft – The Growing Years, 1976. Designed by Robert (Bob) Salpeter
Childcraft – The Growing Years, 1976. Designed by Robert (Bob) Salpeter
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