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George Giusti

Holiday Magazine, April, 1959

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: George Giusti
  • Year: 1959
  • Size: 280mm x 355mm
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.

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Holiday Magazine, April, 1959. Cover designed by George Giusti.
Holiday Magazine, April, 1959. Cover designed by George Giusti.
Holiday was an American travel magazine published from 1946 to 1977, reaching a peak circulation of over one million subscribers. Cover art by 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.
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