Gebrauchsgraphik, 03, 1924

Special Issue on Hohlwein and Scherk
Cover design by Ludwig Hohlwein

Content includes: Ludwig Hohlwein; Scherk Perfumes, Berlin: Advertising and Furnishings, The Eagle of German Railways, International Advertising Convention, London 1924 (Part I), Advertising by Max Körner

Featured designed include F. H. Ehmcke, Ludwig Hohlwein, Max Körner, Karl Schulpig and Max Schwerdtner

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Ludwig Hohlwein
Ludwig Hohlwein was one of the most important German poster designers of the early twentieth century and a key figure in the Sachplakat/object poster movement, reducing advertising imagery to bold, flat, strongly silhouetted forms.
Gebrauchsgraphik
A German design magazine published from 1924 onwards, devoted to commercial art and advertising design.

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 03, 1924. Cover design by Ludwig Hohlwein
Gebrauchsgraphik, 03, 1924. Cover design by Ludwig Hohlwein
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