Special issues on Tobacco and Liqueur
Contents: Zigarrenausstattungen der Fa. L. Wolff, Hamburg • [Cigar Equipments by L. Wolff, Hamburg]; Künstlerische Zigarren- packungen: Paul I. Landmann, Mannheim • [Artistic Cigar Packaging: Paul I. Landmann, Mannheim]; Die absolute Malerei • [Absolute Painting]; Geschmack und Erlebnis • [Taste and Experience]; Film-Reaktion? • [Reactionary Positions in Film«]
Selected Artists: Hans Bohn, C. O. Czeschka, F. H. Ehmcke, Albert Fuss, O. H. W. Hadank, Ludwig Hohlwein, Rudolf Mosse Atelier, Albin Müller, Louis Oppenheim, Walter Riemer, Walter Siebert, Hildegard Weinitschke, Valentin Zietara
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"Talking about myself as a designer is something that requires a powerful dialogue with my life experiences. In a radical way, I apply an exercise in which design forms become projections of life, extensions of meaning that constantly involve senses."
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Scanned posters by the great Michele Spera. Many use a strong use of geometric form, often paired with sans-serif typefaces like Helvetica. Their simplification of form and use of colour create timeliness, recognisable posters that would have stood out alongside the posters of the 1970s which tended to have a heavy use of photography.
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Design Archive Feature, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Armin Hofmann's publicity for the Stadttheater Basel. The client, in this case, the Municipal Theater of Basel, refused to listen to narrow-minded critics, in spite of the fact that as a state-subsidized enterprise it is accountable to public opinion.
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