Michael Engelmann

Gebrauchsgraphik, 09, 1950

Content includes:
Franz Hermann Wills: Die werbende Landkarte Propagandistic Map
Eberhard Hölscher: Emil Preetorius
Alexandre Alexandre: Interessante Geräte zur moderne Auslagengestaltung
»Les Mobiles de l’Amour« Interesting Equipment for a Modern Display of Goods
Eberhard Hölscher: Alfred Lutz
Anton Sailer: Ugo Blättler
Wolfgang Reisewitz. Lichtbilder
Eberhard Hölscher: Oskar Kokoschka, Posters and Illustrations
Mitteilungen de Bundes Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker

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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, 9, 1950. Cover design by Michael Engelmann
Gebrauchsgraphik, 9, 1950. Cover design by Michael Engelmann
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