Jean Cocteau

Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1950

Content includes:
Eberbard Hölscher: Toni Zepf
Hans Kuh: Ouo Treumann, Amsterdam
Fritz Volquard Arnold: Josef Hegenbarth
Alexandre Alexandre: Pachitt
Eberbard Hölscher: Schwingungs-Diagramme + Oscillation Diagrams
Franz Hermann Wills: Gerhard Kreische, Berlin
Pranz Hermann Wills: Plakate werben für Berlin – Poster Campaign for Berlin
Pritz W. Neagaß, Schaufenster in der 5th Avenue New York – Shop Windows
Photokina, Ergebni&se eines Wettbewerbes – Results of a Poster Competition
Mittellungen de Bundes Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker
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Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was educated at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. He was an extremely versatile artist-poet, writer, film director, critic, actor and choreographer. In addition, he was a painter, illustrator and designer of tapestries and stage sets. Explore related designers including Fernand Léger and Pablo Picasso. See also French graphic design history and 1920s graphic design history.
Gebrauchsgraphik
A German design magazine published from 1924 onwards, devoted to commercial art and advertising design.

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1950. Cover design by Jean Cocteau
Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1950. Cover design by Jean Cocteau

 

Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1950
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