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Karl Oskar Blase

Form, Internationale Revue 30, June 1965

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Content includes:
Pfeffer und Salz
Arthur Burkhardt, Über die Verkäuflichkeit des Guten
Produktplanung
Erich Geyer, Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen
für Industrial Design
Ausbildung
Resonanz: Was verlangt die Industrie vom Designer?
Walter Schaer, Warum und wie bilden wir Designer aus?
Ist guter Rat teuer?
Ein Gespräch mit dem Rat für Formgebung
Analyse
Gui Bonsiepe, Ein Kühlschrank
..complete design”
H. Th. Baumann’s ABC für Thomas
Utopie?
Heinz Rasch, Eine alte Idee wird aktuell: das Hängehaus
Design-Geschichte
Herbert Lindinger, Produktformen von 1850 bis 1965
Markt
formschaulade
Notizen
Rezensionen
form-Korrespondenz

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Karl Oskar Blase
  • Year: 1965
  • Size: 230mm x 290mm
Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films.

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Form, Internationale Revue 30, June 1965. Designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Form, Internationale Revue 30, June 1965. Designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films.
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