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The Design Concept, Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1981

A look at advertising techniques and strategies includes explanations by artists and graphic designers about how they create their works

By Allen Hurlburt

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Allen Hurlburt
  • Year 1981
  • Client/Publisher Watson-Guptill Pubns
Allen Hurlburt
Allen F. Hurlburt was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1910. He died in 1984. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly Art Director for National Broadcasting Company and later Art Director of Look magazine. Explore related designers including Herb Lubalin and Henry Wolf. See also American Modernism and 1960s graphic design history.

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