Graphis 274, 1991

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Content includes:
Design and Business, by David Goodman
Carbone Smolan and the Louvre, by Rita D. Jacobs
Ettore Sottsass, by Jan Burney
Larry Spector, by Amy Mangel
Russian Photo Manifesto, by Victor Shurov
The Collage Work of Ivan Chermayeff, by Steven Heller
The Alpbach Poster Show, by Prof. Rudolph Gruttner
David Rooney, by Aidan Dunne
The Illustrator and the Environment, by Jill Bossert

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