Content includes: Valenti Zietara; Fritz Rosen; Andreas Nießen; Pictures for Women – Words to Women; Else Taterka
Featured designers include Werner Brand, Alexander Gumitsch, Elisabeth W. Kallen, Fritz Lewy, Andreas Nießen, Fritz Rosen, Hans Schleger (Zéro), Else Taterka, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Valenti Zietara and Hans Zoozmann
From the graphic design archive:
"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, Regional Histories
Hiroshi Ohchi was a prominent Japanese designer, known for his playful and imaginative illustrated poster and packaging designs. He often combined bright colours with simple geometric forms and illustrated people and humanistic elements.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
The advertising has a certain contrast of hand-drawn and mechanical. Produced entirely in black, it reminds us that the absence of colour can be highly effective. Hans Michel and Günther Kieser's illustrations bring a sense of both playfulness and a stylistic approach to a corporate client.
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