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Gebrauchsgraphik, 4, 1970

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Content includes:
J.J. de Lucio-Meyer – Book jacket for Heinemann and Macmillan, London
Hans Kuh – Rita is Kind, campaign for Sinalco Kola
Theodor Hilten -International Exhibition Design
Ingeborg Ramseger – Children\’s books from Czechoslovakia
Armin Eichholz – Bright Ideas in the Dark-Room, photos by Bettina Böhmer
Klaus Stolte – \”An asbach, please!\”, tradition shapes an advertising style
Friedemann Lichtwitz – Results of the Signet Contest for the Münchner Forum
Franz Hermann Wills – A display of International Stationery, an advertising gift of the Papermill \”Zanders\”

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1970
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 230mm x 297mm

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