George Giusti

Graphis 043, 1952

Content includes:
Henri Rousseau (Hans Naef)
The Calendar as Goodwill Publicity (P. Arthur)
Radio & Television – The Promotion of an Advertising Medium (Georgine Oeri)
Gene & Helen Federico (Paul Rand)
Herve Moran (William B. McDonald)
Hans Neuburg (Hans Fischli)
The Letter as a Work of Art (Charles Rosner)
Two Finnish Painters (Annikki Toikka-Karvonen)
Fritz Eichenberg (George Amberg)
Grandville (Denys Chevalier)
Gustave Dore. Caricatures from his School Days (Lucien de Dardel)
A Recently Discovered Drawing by Ingres (Hans Naef)

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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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Graphis 43 1952
Graphis 43, 1952. Cover design by George Giusti
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