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Flexible System Adaptable to Growth, The IBM 4331 Model 2 Computer, IBM, 1979

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  • Format Brochures and Guides
  • Designer/s Robert (Bob) Salpeter
  • Year 1979
  • Client/Publisher IBM(International Business Machines Corporation)
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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Flexible System Adaptable to Growth, The IBM 4331 Model 2 Computer, IBM, 1979. Designed by Robert (Bob) Salpeter
Flexible System Adaptable to Growth, The IBM 4331 Model 2 Computer, IBM, 1979. Designed by Robert (Bob) Salpeter
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