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Graphis 155, 1971

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Content includes:
Heiri Steiner, Zurich: Introducing this special issue
Ursula Nordstrom, New York: Some Thoughts on Children’s Books in the United States
John Ryder, London: Children’s Books in England
Horst Kunnemann, Hamburg: Present and Future Evolution of the German Picture-Book
Rudolf C. Hoenig, Zurich: Thoughts on the Children’s Book in Switzerland
Christine Chagnoux, Paris: Children’s Book Production in France Today
Bettina Hurlimann, Zurich: Notes on Japanese Picture-Books
Zbigniew Rychlicki, Warsaw: Children’s Book Illustration in Poland
Dusan Roll, Bratislava: Development of Children’s Book Illustration in Czechoslovakia
Franz Caspar, Zurich: The Children’s Picture-Book Today

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Walter Grieder
  • Year: 1971
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 155, 1971. Cover design by Walter Grieder.
Graphis 155, 1971. Cover design by Walter Grieder.
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