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Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 7, 1950

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Content includes:
K. Th. Senger – How to advertise drinks
M. Ott – Advertising for Guinness
Dr. Ell – Efforts for a small article
The best posters of 1949
Dr. A. Wannemacher – Material compositions as the basis of modern design
Prof. W. M. Kersting – German form development

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kurt Kranz
  • Year: 1950
  • Client/Publisher: Verlag Maiwald
  • Size: 210mm x 300mm

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Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 7, 1950. Cover design by Kurt Kranz
Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 7, 1950. Cover design by Kurt Kranz
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