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Piet Zwart

Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

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Cover image by Piet Zwart
Featuring the Circle of New Advertising Designers (Ring Neue Werbegestalter exhibition, 1931, Amsterdam.
Designers featured include Jan Tschichold, Piet Zwart, Max Bill, Max Burchatz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Willi Baumeister, Walter Dexel, Dick Elffers, John Heartfield, Paul Shuitema, Karel Tiege, Kurt Schwitters, Ladislav Sutnar and more.

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  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Piet Zwart (Cover)
  • Year: 1990
  • Client/Publisher: Wiesbaden: Landesmuseum Wiesbaden
  • Size: 243mm x 290mm

Piet Zwart was a Dutch designer, photographer, and typographer and was heavily influenced by Russian Constructivism and the Dutch De Stijl movement. After studying at the School of Applied Arts, Amsterdam he worked as a graphic designer. His innovative typography includes designs for clients such as Dutch Cable Factory in Delft and the Dutch Postal Telegraph and Telephone Company.

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Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990
Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

 

Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990
Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

 

Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990
Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

 

Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990
Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

 

Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990
Ring neue werbegestalter, Amsterdamer Ausstellung 1931, 1990

Piet Zwart was a Dutch designer, photographer, and typographer and was heavily influenced by Russian Constructivism and the Dutch De Stijl movement. After studying at the School of Applied Arts, Amsterdam he worked as a graphic designer. His innovative typography includes designs for clients such as Dutch Cable Factory in Delft and the Dutch Postal Telegraph and Telephone Company.

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