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Gebrauchsgraphik, 8, 1970

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Content includes:
Franz Hermann Wills – New Polish Film Posters
Stefan Meier – Publicity for the Aviation and Space Industry
Alexandre Alexandre – French Trade-Marks
Franz Hermann Wills – Graphic design for Esso, standard Italiana
Theodor Hilten – Imaginative Photography
Felix Muller – Poster Contest, \”Against War and Fascism\”
Josef Raban – Vladimir Koutsky, illustrative advertising art from Czecho-Slovakia
Erich Schulz-Anker – Syntax-Antiqua, a Sans Serif on a New Basis

Details

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

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 8, 1970
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