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Designer: Hans Michel

Articles Featuring the Work of Hans Michel

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Norman Granz presents Kid Ory, Programme, 1959. Designed by Hans Michel + Günther Kieser. Art Director Horst Lippmann
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Jazz Programmes designed by Hans Michel and Günther Kieser

After researching further into the work designed by their practice, I found ten programmes designed between 1958 and 1960. These programmes were designed for a variety of live jazz events in Germany and all followed the same format.

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Hans Michel and Günther Kieser. Advertising for the German Federal Mail
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Hans Michel and Günther Kieser. Advertising for the German Federal Mail

The advertising has a certain contrast of hand-drawn and mechanical. Produced entirely in black, it reminds us that the absence of colour can be highly effective. Hans Michel and Günther Kieser's illustrations bring a sense of both playfulness and a stylistic approach to a corporate client.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Hans Michel

Atlas Filmheft 43 – Die Teuflischen designed by Hans Michel
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Atlas Filmheft 43 – Die Teuflischen

  • Format: Film Programme
  • Designer/s: Hans Michel
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Atlas Filmheft 41 - Polizeirevier Davidswache St. Pauli designed by Hans Michel
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Atlas Filmheft 41 – Polizeirevier Davidswache St. Pauli

  • Format: Film Programme
  • Designer/s: Hans Michel
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Atlas Filmheft 40 - Die Wendeltreppe designed by Hans Michel
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Atlas Filmheft 40 – Die Wendeltreppe

  • Format: Film Programme
  • Designer/s: Hans Michel
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Die Perlen der Krone. Die Kleine Filmkunstreihe 48 designed by Hans Michel
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Die Perlen der Krone. Die Kleine Filmkunstreihe 48

  • Format: Film Programme
  • Designer/s: Hans Michel
  • Year: 1965
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Graphic Design 08, 1962. Cover design by Tadashi Ohashi
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Tadashi Ohashi. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1916 – 1988

Tadashi Ohashi was at the forefront of Japan's postwar design movement, with his illustrations widely celebrated. In 1952, he became the chief designer for Meiji Seika Confectionery, producing some of his most renowned work.

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La Biennale di Venezia XII, Festival Internazionale Di Musica Contemporanea, 1949. Designed by Max Huber
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Max Huber. Swiss Graphic Designer | 1919 – 1992

Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography.  Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.

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Design (Japan), 027, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Ryuichi Yamashiro. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1920 – 1977

Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆)  was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.