George Giusti

Graphis 26, 1949

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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)

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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.

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Graphis 26, 1949. Cover design by George Giusti
Graphis 26, 1949. Cover design by 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.
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