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Herbert Matter

Graphis 212, 1980/81

Content includes:
Herbert Matter: A Retrospective, by Armin Hofmann, Lucerne
Art Directors Club of Germany, or what you can make out of waste, by Konstantin Jacoby, Dusseldorf
Rambow/Lienemeyer/van de Sand, by Eckhard Neumann, Frankfurt/Main
Tim (Louis Mitelberg): 1970-1980. A Decade in Drawings, by Jean-Francois Revel, Paris
Ronald Searle, by Dr. Alexander Duckers, Berlin
Sam Haskins – Photo Graphics, by William B. McDonald, London

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Herbert Matter
Herbert Matter studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva from 1925 to 1927 and continued his education at the Académie Moderne in Paris under Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant from 1928 to 1929. He collaborated with A.M. Cassandre on posters, worked with Le Corbusier on architecture and display design, and contributed to Deberny & Peignot as a photographer and typographer. In 1932, after returning to Zurich, he created graphic designs and photomontage posters for the Swiss National Tourist Office. Moving to New York in 1936, Matter worked as a freelance photographer for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and other magazines, and designed advertisements for top agencies as well as exhibition displays for the Museum of Modern Art. From 1946 to 1957, Matter was a staff photographer for Conde Nast publications. He also worked as a design and advertising consultant for Knoll Associates and became a partner and vice president of Studio Associates, New York, in 1950. Explore related designers including A.M. Cassandre and Alexey Brodovitch. See also Swiss International Style, Swiss graphic design history, and 1930s graphic design history.
Graphis
Graphis is an international magazine founded in 1944 featuring graphic design, advertising, and illustration from around the world.

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Graphis 212, 1980/81. Cover design by Herbert Matter
Graphis 212, 1980/81. Cover design by Herbert Matter
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