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Donald Brun

Graphis 36, 1951

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Berlin propagandises the Poster (F. Wills)
Marshall Plan. Design in the Service of European Cooperation (Francois Stahly)
Tapio Wirkkala and his glassware (Willy Rotzler)
Non-commercial advertisements (AEA) William B. McDonald)
Teo Otto: Nie wieder.(Werner Schmalenbach)
Cut-outs (Fritz Griebel)
The Changing Background of the Poster (Charles Rosner)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Donald Brun
  • Year: 1951
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Donald Brun trained in a graphic art studio in Basle and at the Akademie für Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin under O.H. W. Hadank and Professor Böhm. He established his studio in Basle in 1933 and has specialised in advertising and poster design. He designed posters for many international firms in the USA, Germany, England, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

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Graphis 36 1951
Graphis 36, 1951. Cover design by Donald Brun
Donald Brun trained in a graphic art studio in Basle and at the Akademie für Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin under O.H. W. Hadank and Professor Böhm. He established his studio in Basle in 1933 and has specialised in advertising and poster design. He designed posters for many international firms in the USA, Germany, England, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.
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