Selected Contents: Rochus Gliese; Tom Purvis; Lili Réthi; Kontinentaler Reklame-Kongreß Rom-Mailand • Continental Advertising Congress Rome-Milan; Werner Brand;
Selected Artists: Oskar Bangemann, Werner Brand, Ingeborg Danielsen, Ro- chus Gliese, Wolfgang Götze, Tom Purvis, Lili Réthi
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Blase’s long-term clients were Staatstheater Kassel (Kassel State Theater) and Atlas Films. Karl Oskar Blase produced countless posters for these two organisations. It’s not surprising considering Blase designed posters for the Staatstheater for twelve years between 1966 and 1978.
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The most comprehensive account of ghost signs ever published, focusing on London’s hand-painted relics of advertising past
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Many influential British designers have made their names in the history books. Abram Games, Alan Fletcher, Tom Eckersley and Derek Birdsall, to name a few. But one designer that has always influenced me, not only as inspiration from their design output, but as an example of the role of a designer and the importance of having strong ethics, is Ken Garland. He is known for his innovative and socially responsible approach to graphic design and his involvement in the design community through his teaching, writing and activism. In the second instalment of this series, I will discuss Ken Garland's magazine work from my collection.
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