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Dieter Urban

Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 08, 1982

Content includes:
Dieter Urban – novum on novum
Herb Flemming – Celestino Piatti + dtv
Alexandre Alexandre – French Film Posters
Jochen Heimrich – Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella
Dieter Urban – Postage Stamp Design by Karl Oskar Blase
Lanny Sommese – Byrd Graphic Design, Inc.
Albrecht Ade – Peter Bullach
Annemarie Monteil – The Book Designer Albert Gomm
Heinz Selzer – Travel Sketchbooks by Hartmut Sobaglo

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Dieter Urban
Dieter Urban (born 1938) - German graphic designer, typographer, and editor whose work spans advertising, editorial design, signage, and visual communication. Trained in Stuttgart, he developed a practice grounded in typographic clarity and functional design, producing work across posters, corporate communication, and postage stamps. He is closely associated with novum gebrauchsgrafik, where he served as editor-in-chief. Explore related designers including Anton Stankowski and Gunter Rambow. See also German graphic design history and 1960s 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, 08, 1982
Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 08, 1982. Cover design by Dieter Urban
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