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Matthew Leibowitz

Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 4, 1954

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Content includes:
Erwin O. Genzsch – Rationalizing export publicity
Adolf Obst – More vitality in supply
F. Bruning – Centrally guided foreign advertising
E. Kassner – Techinc and culture

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Matthew Leibowitz
  • Year: 1954
  • Client/Publisher: Verlag Maiwald Stuttgart
  • Size: 210mm x 300mm
Matthew Leibowitz studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, attending evening classes from 1936 to 1939. After serving as art director for the Philadelphia Advertising Agency for two years, he launched a freelance career in advertising. Starting in 1942, he worked as an art director and consultant for several prominent industrial firms. His clients included International Business Machines (IBM), RCA Victor, Sharp & Dohme, Spalding, Container Corporation of America, General Electric, Reichhold, American Chemical Paint Company, Film Designers, Inc., Benton & Bowles, N.W. Ayer & Son, the International Red Cross, Caedmon Publishers, and others.

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Graphik - Werbung + Formgebung, 4, 1954. Cover design by Matthew Leibowitz
Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 4, 1954. Cover design by Matthew Leibowitz

Matthew Leibowitz studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, attending evening classes from 1936 to 1939. After serving as art director for the Philadelphia Advertising Agency for two years, he launched a freelance career in advertising. Starting in 1942, he worked as an art director and consultant for several prominent industrial firms. His clients included International Business Machines (IBM), RCA Victor, Sharp & Dohme, Spalding, Container Corporation of America, General Electric, Reichhold, American Chemical Paint Company, Film Designers, Inc., Benton & Bowles, N.W. Ayer & Son, the International Red Cross, Caedmon Publishers, and others.
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