Content includes:
Arne Ungermann (W. Schwartz)
Lewitt-Him. Twenty Years (C.G. Tomrley)
Film Advertising (Saul Bass)
Modern Typography in Advertising (H. Schmoller)
Sheet-Music Covers – yesterday and to-day (A. Hyatt King/Francois Stahly)
Neiman-Marcus. Enlightened Management in an American Store (Chuck Gruen)
Gerhard Marcks. Recent Woodcuts (Gunter Busch)
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Design Archive Feature, Advertising Design, Members Only Content
The advertising agency played a crucial role in shaping consumer culture by acting as a bridge between businesses and the media and was stated to have started in the mid-19th century.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Ootje Oxenaar designed the summer stamps for the Netherlands using an assignment from De Nederlandsche Bank based on banknotes. The assignment resulted in the collaboration of Oxenaar, the printer, the laboratory and the banking specialist, in which they experimented with the design of securities on printed matter.
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Design Archive Feature, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
In December 1924, the Netherlands introduced children's stamps (Kinderzegels). Over the years, these stamps have featured designs by some of the most prominent Dutch designers, including Gerard Kiljan, P. Koch, Gerrit Noordzij, Otto Treuman, Robert Deodaat Emile ‘Ootje’ Oxenaar, Dick Bruna, Jan van Toorn, and Karel Martens.
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