El Lissitzky was a Russian designer, painter, printmaker, architect and typographer. He was born in 1890 and died in 1941. He was mentored by Kazimir Melvevich and spent a long period of his life teaching at different schools.
Explore related designers including László Moholy-Nagy and Piet Zwart. See also Constructivism, Russian graphic design history, and 1920s graphic design history.
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Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements
April Greiman is known for her experimental approach to graphic design, her role in the development of Californian New Wave and being one of the first designers to fully embrace the computer in her work.
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Illustration, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A collected visual record of the first eight years of Japan’s Rural Medical Care Promotion Lottery.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
A 1936 article on Ludwig Hohlwein, originally in German, published in Graphische Nachrichten, Vol 13, 11, November 1934
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