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Graphis 160, 1972

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Content includes:
Comics: An American Expressionism, by David Pascal, New York
Experiments in Time-Art, by Robert Weaver, New York
Films and Comics, by Alain Resnais, Paris
Comics, Advertising and Illustration, by Milton Glaser, New York
Chicago 4 – Artists Guild of Chicago, Chicago Society of Communicating Arts, Graphic Arts Council of Chicago, Society of Typographic Arts, by Jerome Snyder, New York
Otto Georg Liebsch, Exhibiting Steel, by Dr. Willy Rotzler, Zurich
Carol Anthony, by Jerome Snyder, New York
The Graphic Image of the XX Olympic Games, by Dr. Brigitte Beil, Munich

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Visual Group of the Olympic Games 1972
Otl Aicher studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich before returning to Ulm. Here, he had his graphic art studio from 1948 to 1955. He was co-founder of the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm in 1949, and continued his association with that institution as a lecturer. He is best known for the design of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with his team and for his design of pictogram systems. Explore related designers including Josef Müller-Brockmann and Rolf Müller. See also Bauhaus, German graphic design history, and 1960s graphic design history.
Rolf Müller was born in Dortmund in 1940 and studied at the University of Design of Ulm, from 1960 to 1963. He worked with Josef Müller-Brockmann, Zürich from 1963 to 1964 and he worked at his own studio in Ulm. from 1965. From 1967 until 1972 he worked with Otl Aicher and served as deputy representative for the Design of the 20th Olympic Games Munich 1972. In 1973 he moved Munich and set up his own studio there. Explore related designers including Otl Aicher and Josef Müller-Brockmann. See also Swiss International Style, German graphic design history, and 1970s graphic design history.
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Graphis is an international magazine founded in 1944 featuring graphic design, advertising, and illustration from around the world.

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Graphis 160, 1972. Cover design by Visual Group of the Olympic Games 1972.
Graphis 160, 1972. Cover design by Visual Group of the Olympic Games 1972.
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