Gebrauchsgraphik, 5, 1966

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Content includes:
Eberhaud Hölscher – Old German Paper Money
J. J. de Lucio-Meyer – Tom Wolsey in Word and Image. English Advertising Art
Alexandre Alexandre – Noël Thébaud’s Curious Objects. Effective Eye-catcher
Hans Kuh – Ads of the Cologne Stadtanzeiger. Designs by Hans-Günter Schmitz
Ludwig Ebenhöh – Uncomissioned Political Posters from Prague
Theodor Hilten – Nikolaus Müller. Package Designs
Carl Heußner – Christel Aumann. Book Covers

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 5, 1966. Cover design by Lutz Roeder
Gebrauchsgraphik, 5, 1966. Cover design by Lutz Roeder
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This book shows, for the first time, all of Hans Hillmann’s film posters. Unpublished sketches and drafts from his estate along with commentary from conversations and interviews provide an insight into the creative process of the award-winning designer.
Ken was born in 1929, in Southampton and grew up in a small market town in North Devon. He was a principled man, with strong values and views against the hyper-consumerism we live with today. Ken studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes.
The covers of the periodical ALMANAQUE, which was published in Lisbon, are perfect examples of this pleasure in the unusual and the force of with which all sorts of foreign influences are assimilated.

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A total of 24 posters were created for the campaign during 1964, using the arrow symbol as a key features, representing power, motion and speed. The handmade lithographs use up to 19 colours, which were individually printed at large scale. The posters also utilise the brand colours red and yellow from Shells corporate identity.