Cover design by Nina A. Brodsky
Content includes: Erich Gruner, The French Photographer Scaioni, Oskar Berger was in America (Billie Wilder), Film Advertising, The Advertising Exhibition Berlin 1929
Featured designers include Otto Arpke, Oskar Berger, Joachim & Teresa Beringer, Lucian Bernhard, Walter Cyliax, Erich Gruner, O. H. W. Ha-dank, Albert Heim, Max Hertwig, Hans Ibe, Walter Riemer, Fritz Rosen, Hemjic, Scaioni, Federico Seneca and Hermann Virl
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Wolfgang Bäumer's advertising design for Bayer, Klöckner Works and the Lottery. His adaptable design aesthetic alongside his skills of convening messaging through visuals are fantastic examples of mid-century German graphic design.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
As part of their marketing strategy, Kast + Ehinger, commissioned a selection of German designers to produce advertisements aimed at the design industry. I have scanned in quite a lot of their advertising matter, all of which were back-page advertisements from three German design magazines. Der Druckspiegel, Gebrauchsgraphik and Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Gebrauchsgraphik 08, 1964 features a selection of the German Posters entered into the 1963/64 awards. 22 posters were awarded by the Association of German Commercial Artists and the awards showcased some of the best poster designs of the year, that still remain effective and stylish today.
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