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Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 02, 1980

Content includes:
Michele Spera by Hans-Christian Besemer
Doyle Dane Bernbach, Düsseldorf by Dieter Urban
Marie Marcks by Eckhard Emminger
Daily Newspapers by Herb Flemming
Graphics in Motion (10) by John Halas
Jan Faust by Lanny Sommese
Advertising by Charles Loupot by Alexandre Alexandre

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Michele Spera
Michele Spera studied architecture at Rome University from 1957 to 1963, winning a scholarship in graphic design in 1961. He was one of the first visual designers to work professionally and continually for a political party, the Italian Republican Party, for which he created a visual identity and a widely known image. Explore related designers including Massimo Vignelli and A.G. Fronzoni. See also Italian Modernism and Italian graphic design history.
Gebrauchsgraphik, Novum Gebrauchsgraphik
A German design magazine published from 1924 onwards, devoted to commercial art and advertising design.

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Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 02, 1980
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