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Hans Hillmann - German Graphic Designer

Graphis 232, 1984

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Content includes:
Computer Images, by Barbara Nessim, New York
Lonni Sue Johnson, by Steven Heller, New York
In Memoriam Willy Fleckhaus, by Thomas Schroder, Frankfurt
Tullio Pericoli, by Till Neuburg, Milan
The Kassel School, by Hans Hillmann, Jan Lenica and Gunter Rambow, Kassel GER
Design and Art Direction ’84, London. The Twenty-second Exhibition of British Advertising and Editorial Art, by Edward Booth-Clibborn, London

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Hans Hillmann
  • Year: 1984
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Hans Hillmann studied in 1948 to 1949 at the Schule für Handwerk und Kunst in Kassel. Between 1949 and 1953 he attended the Werkakademie and remained in Kassel, working as a graphic designer until 1956, then moved to Frankfurt. From 1954 to 1974, Hillmann designed over 150 film posters.

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Graphis 232, 1984. Cover design by Hans Hillmann
Graphis 232, 1984. Cover design by Hans Hillmann
Hans Hillmann studied in 1948 to 1949 at the Schule für Handwerk und Kunst in Kassel. Between 1949 and 1953 he attended the Werkakademie and remained in Kassel, working as a graphic designer until 1956, then moved to Frankfurt. From 1954 to 1974, Hillmann designed over 150 film posters.
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