Edited by Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich
With a contribution by Claude Lichtenstein
Design: Integral Lars Müller
16,5 x 24,0 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in
96 pages, 120 illustrations
paperback
2005, 978-3-03778-053-4, German/English
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