Selected contents: Die Reichsbahn wirbt • German Railroads Advertise; Friedrich Wobst; Olga Brodsky, Paris; Württembergische Gebrauchsgraphik • Ad-vertising Art in Württemberg; Henry Waxman, New York
Selected artists: Otto Arpke, Ernst Böhm, Olga Brodsky, Hein Gorny, Gerda Heer-Milson, Albert Heim, Ludwig Hohlwein, R. de Lavererie, Gerhard Marg-graf, Walter Riemer, Hans Schleger (Zéro), Henry Waxman, Paul Wenck, Jupp Wiertz, Martin Wilke, Friedrich Wobst
From the graphic design archive:
The stories of Norwich’s medieval merchants’ marks is being told in a new book and exhibition.
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Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
The August 1964 issue highlights the Typography class at the Pratt Institute in New York, a relatively new course at the time. Pratt, one of the most renowned art schools in the United States, had departments for graphic design, painting, art education, industrial design, and applied graphics in the 1960s. The typography course combined theoretical lectures with practical workshops, aimed at students beginning their journey into the discipline.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A few years ago the publicity department of Siam di Tella found a collaborator who early in his studies of architecture was attracted by the problems of visual art. His name is Guillermo González Ruiz he was born in Chascomus (Province of Buenos Aires) in 1937. Between 1957 and 1960 he received 18 awards in poster competitions, some of which were of particular importance.
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