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Donald Brun, Poster Collection 2, 2001

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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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  • Format: Book
  • Year: 2001
  • Client/Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
  • Size: 165mm x 240mm
Donald Brun trained in a graphic art studio in Basle and at the Akademie für Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin under O.H. W. Hadank and Professor Böhm. He established his studio in Basle in 1933 and has specialised in advertising and poster design. He designed posters for many international firms in the USA, Germany, England, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

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Donald Brun, Poster Collection 2, 2001
Donald Brun, Poster Collection 2, 2001
Donald Brun trained in a graphic art studio in Basle and at the Akademie für Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin under O.H. W. Hadank and Professor Böhm. He established his studio in Basle in 1933 and has specialised in advertising and poster design. He designed posters for many international firms in the USA, Germany, England, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.
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