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Neue Grafik / New Graphic Design / Graphisme actuel – No.05, 1960

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Issue for March 1960
Contents
Early Experimental Photography from Man Ray
Publications to Celebrate an Anniversary
Geigy after 200 Years
The principles in the Design of Trade Marks
New Methods in Exhibition
Construction:
a) The Constructions of Carl Kaufmann
b) Constructions designed for Braun’s of Frankfurt on the Main
Record Sleeve Designs
A new Sans Serif Type: Folio
Report on the Redesigning of a Weekly Paper
Physiognomy and Graphic Design

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  • Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
  • Designer/s Carlo Vivarelli, Hans Neuburg, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Richard Paul Lohse
  • Year 1960
  • Client/Publisher Verlag Otto Walter, Olten, Switzerland
  • Size 255mm x 280mm
Carlo Vivarelli, Hans Neuburg, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Richard Paul Lohse
Carlo Vivarelli spent four years apprenticing at a graphic art studio in Zurich. In 1939, he moved to Paris to study under Paul Colin and attended various art schools. In 1946, he became the art director at Studio Boggeri in Milan. The following year, he established his own studio in Zurich. Vivarelli is also a co-publisher and co-editor of the graphic design magazine New Graphic Design. Explore related designers including Josef Müller-Brockmann and Richard Paul Lohse. See also Swiss International Style, Neue Grafik, and Swiss graphic design history.
Hans Neuburg was born in 1904 in Czechoslovakia and became a Swiss citizen in 1954. In 1939 he set up a pavilion at the national exhibition in Zurich, and from then worked on project design and graphics for exhibitions and shows. In 1958 he founded Neue Grafik with Lohse, Brockmann and Vivarelli. In 1960 he was elected president of the Swiss Graphic Arts Association and in 1963 vice-president of Icograda and received a position at the School of Creative Design in Ulm. Explore related designers including Josef Müller-Brockmann and Richard Paul Lohse. See also Swiss International Style, Neue Grafik, and Swiss graphic design history.
Josef Müller-Brockmann was born in 1914 and began his professional career in 1936, after two years of graphic apprenticeship in Zurich and two years of advanced training at the local School of Applied Arts. He is one of the best known Swiss designers. In 1966, he published Grid Systems in Graphic Design, a seminal work that became a cornerstone of modern graphic design education. Explore related designers including Emil Ruder, Armin Hofmann, and Karl Gerstner. See also Swiss International Style, Swiss graphic design history, and 1950s graphic design history.
Richard Paul Lohse was a Swiss painter and graphic designer and one of the main artists related to the concrete and constructive art movements. Explore related designers including Josef Müller-Brockmann and Hans Neuburg. See also Swiss International Style, Neue Grafik, and Swiss graphic design history.
Neue Grafik / New Graphic Design / Graphisme actuel
Neue Grafik was a Swiss journal recognised for its content of International Typographic Style theory and practice.

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