Gebrauchswerbekunst, Modern Window Display, 17 Jahrgang, No. 11, November 1941

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Gebrauchswerbekunst
Gebrauchswerbekunst was a German publication focused on window dressing and advertising. It was first published in the 1920s. It includes shop-window design, poster advertising, lettering, illuminated signs, and other applied commercial art forms.

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Gebrauchswerbekunst, Modern Window Display, 17 Jahrgang, No. 11, November 1941
Gebrauchswerbekunst, Modern Window Display, 17 Jahrgang, No. 11, November 1941
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