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Designer: Guillermo González Ruiz

Articles Featuring the Work of Guillermo González Ruiz

Newspaper ads for the metal works Siam di Tella designed by Guillermo Gonzalez Ruiz
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Guillermo Gonzalez Ruiz by Sigwart Blum, 1964

A few years ago the publicity department of Siam di Tella found a collaborator who early in his studies of architecture was attracted by the problems of visual art. His name is Guillermo González Ruiz he was born in Chascomus (Province of Buenos Aires) in 1937. Between 1957 and 1960 he received 18 awards in poster competitions, some of which were of particular importance.

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50 years Bauhaus, German exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1968
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