Form und Technik, Vol 06, No. 2, February 1955

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Willy Jakobs
Form und Technik
Form und Technik was a German design and industry publication documenting the relationship between form and manufacturing in the postwar period.

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Form und Technik, Vol 06, No. 2, February 1955. Cover design by Willy Jakobs
Form und Technik, Vol 06, No. 2, February 1955. Cover design by Willy Jakobs
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