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George Giusti

Idea 019, 1956

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Cover design for an early issue of Idea magazine by George Giusti. The illustration of a mechanical process is made playful by Giustis individual style and choice of colour.

Content includes:
Graphic Arts: George Giusti
1956 Japan Advertising Artists Club Exhibition Sikker Hansen Otto Nielsen by Erik Stockmar
Trade Marks of the World by Y. Kamekura
Colour Pages: George Giusti
Outdoor Advertising of the World T. Kobayashi
Editorials:
Bried History of Fine Arts in Japan by A. Yamana
Splintery Form by S. Imatake
What Do Your Ads Mean to Consumers? Howard by A. Stone
How to Make Your Package Easy to Use by Printer’s Ink
Creativity in Advertising by Printer’s Ink

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: George Giusti
  • Year: 1956
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co
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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Idea 19, 1956. Cover design by George Giusti.
Idea 19, 1956. Cover design 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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