Graphis 026, 1949

George Giusti

Magazine / Periodical / Journal

Content includes:
Rouault: Miserere (Jacques Lassaigne)
Saul Steinberg. (Hans Naef)
London Transport. A Poster Tradition
The Church of Assy (F. Stahly)
Advertising Radio – Radio Advertising (L. Fritz Gruber)
George Giusti. (Georgine Oeri)
Fritz Buhler (Walter Stahelin)
Cecilia Staples. Window Displays (USA) (William B. McDonald)
Tarots Packs (Pierre Louis Duchartre)
Modern Packs and Playing-Card Tradition (F. Stahly)
Salon de l’Imagerie Francaise.Beauty in Utility ( Paul Lavalley)
Czech Posters (Georgine Oeri)

Details

Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designer/s George Giusti
Year 1949
Client/Publisher Graphis Press
Size 235mm x 300mm

George Giusti

George Giusti was of Italian and Swiss parentage and trained at the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He worked as a designer in Lugano from 1928 to 1930 and in Zurich from 1931 to 1937, then went to the United States and was employed in Government offices in Washington, D.C. In 1939 he moved to New York and designed for the US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services. Explore related designers including Joseph Binder and Alexey Brodovitch. See also American Modernism, American graphic design history, and 1950s 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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Design Format: Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designed in the: 1940s
Series: Graphis

Graphis 26, 1949. Cover design by George Giusti

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