Victor Vasarely

Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 01, 1979

Content includes:
Erhardt D. Stiebner – Half a Century
Walter Leonhard, Thilo Prostler – 50 Years of «novum gebrauchsgraphik»
Heribert Zahn – 75 Years of Bruckmann Rotogravure
Alexandre Alexandre – Turhan Selçuk, Istanbul
Guido Dieter – Novum Basis Report: Kunstschule Alsterdamm Hamburg
Otto Haas – A New Visual Identity for Bavaria

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Victor Vasarely
Victor Vasarely, whose birth name is Győző Vásárhelyi was a Hungarian-French artist. He is best known as the leader of the Op art movement and his geometric paintings. Explore related designers including Franco Grignani. See also French 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, 1, 1979. Cover design by Victor Vasarely
Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 1, 1979. Cover design by Victor Vasarely

 

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