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Michael Engelmann

Gebrauchsgraphik, 03, 1956

Content includes:
Raimund Hrabak: Franco Grignani, Mailand. Pharmaceutical advertising
Anton Sailer: Georgy und Dorothea Stefula.Illustrations
Paul Reilly F.H. K. Henrion, London, Commercial art and exhibition stands
Graphisme publicitaire et stands d’ex position
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Subjective Photography
Eberhard Hölscher: Curious et-signs
Ludwig Ebenhöh: A calendar review 1955/1956
Anton Sailer: Ernst Weil. Pressezeichnungen
Press illustration • Illustrations de presse
Alf. Kayser: ‹El arte en la calle». Argentine shop-windows
< Reiner Black», a type of the type foundry H. Berthold A.-G., Berlin

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Michael Engelmann
Michael Engelmann was a self-taught designer. He was born in Czechoslovakia and in 1941 he went to the United States where he took various odd jobs before he was able to devote himself to advertising design. He returned to Europe in 1949, worked as a designer for the Amsterdam magazine International Textiles, was art director of the Neue Zeitung in Munich, then graphic designer with Pirelli, Milan, and from 1953 to 1957 lived in Düsseldorf and Munich alternatively, working as a freelance artist. Explore related designers including Anton Stankowski and Otl Aicher. See also German graphic design history and 1960s graphic design history.
Gebrauchsgraphik
A German design magazine published from 1924 onwards, devoted to commercial art and advertising design.

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Cover by Michael Engelmann
Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Cover by Michael Engelmann

 

Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature
Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature

 

Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature
Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature

 

Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature
Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1956. Franco Grignani Feature
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