Designer: Hans + Ruth Albitz

Known for Berlin Festival posters and brochures
Nationality German
Roles Graphic designer, Poster designer, Illustrator

Albitz and his wife Ruth designed many posters and brochures. Under the name Hans + Ruth Albitz they worked on advertising for Berlin’s cultural institutions and beyond. Their most recognised work is for the Berlin Festival, where they illustrated brochure and designed various posters.

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Among the young graphic artists of Berlin, who set to work after the war, Hans Adolf Albitz and Ruth Albitz-Geiß can claim special attention. In a short time, at a period when economic conditions were pretty unfavourable, they worked themselves so to the fore that their names came to mean something in Berlin publicity, and in western Germany their posters are known and appreciated, too.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Hans + Ruth Albitz

Berlin Festival 1956, Brochure, 1956

From the graphic design archive:

Berlin Festival 1956, Brochure, 1956

  • Format: Folded Brochure
  • Designer/s: Hans + Ruth Albitz
  • Year: 1956
Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 11, 1956

From the graphic design archive:

Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 11, 1956

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Hans + Ruth Albitz
  • Year: 1956

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