Thinking Gielijn Escher. 04 22 1945
Gieljn Escher was born in Oegstgeest, a town in the province of South Holland, on 22 April 1945. Gielijn was exposed with graphic design at the age of five. Gielijn started to collect orange-wrappers and create labels. He admired the work Jan Bons, Dick Elffers, Nicolaas Wijnberg, Herbert Leupin and Raymond Savignac. He started with...
Thinking Noel Martin. 04 19 1922
Noel Martin was born in Syracuse, Ohio on 19 April 1922. He studied drawing, painting, and printmaking at Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1939-41. He was self though in typography and design. Later on, he became an instructor at Art Academy of Cincinnati until 1957. Noel Martin became the first graphic designer to work for...
Thinking Xanti Schawinsky. 03 26 1904
Xanti Schawinsky was born on March 26, 1904 in Basel, Switzerland. In 1915, he studied art in at the secondary school in Zurich. In 1921 to 1923, he apprenticeship at the Theodor Merrill architects’s office in Cologne. He also went to a college of Commercial Art in Berin. In 1924, he joined Bauhaus and studied...
Thinking Carlo Vivarelli. 05 08 1919
Carlo Vivarelli was born on May 8th, 1919 in Zurich, Switzerland. Vivarelli went to the art at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zurich. In 1939, he went to Paris to visit several art school and spent some time with well known graphic artist, Paul Colin. He mentioned that spending time with Paul Colin...
Thinking Bruno Munari. 10 24 1907
“A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.” Bruno Munari was born on October 24, 1907 in Milan. He grew up in Badia Polesine, located about 70 km southwest of Venice. At the age of 25, He returned to Milan and work for his uncle. The futurism movement found by Marinetti influences him. In...
Thinking Richard Paul Lohse. 09 13 1902
Rihard Paul Lohse was born on September 13, 1902 in Zurich, Switzerland. He intended to become a painter and studied in Paris. However, Due his economic problem his plan canceled. In 1918, He apprenticed in graphic design at Max Dalang Agency while he studied the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich under Ernst Keller. At the Max Dalang...
Thinking Holger Matthies. 05 26 1940
Holger Matthies was born in Hamburg, Germany on May 26 1940. He studied at the Werkkunstschule and five terms at the Hochschule fur bildenden kuns in Hamburg. Since 1965, He has been working as a freelance graphic designer specially in poster design and his poster has won numerous awards nationally and internationally. Matthies has been...
Thinking Art 11’80 Die Internationale Kunstmesse designed by Wolfgang Weingart
Title: Art 11’80 Die Internationale Kunstmesse Hardcover: 278 pages Published: Language: English / Germany / France Size: 297 x 208 mm / 11.6 x 8.1 inch
Thinking Dutch Art + Architecture Today designed by Jan Van Toorn
Title: Dutch Art + Architecture Today Paperback: 44 pages Publisher: The Netherlands Ministry for Cultural Affairs, Recreation and Social Welfare Language: English Size: 250 x 210 mm / 9.84 x 8.26 inch In 1970, Van Toorn started to design the first issue of Dutch Art + Architecture Today published by the Netherlands Ministry for Cultural...
Thinking Jan Van Toorn. 05 09 1932
“A graphic tradition liberating pedagogy should cover the form of making and thinking , which have been instrumentalized by trade and services, so that they became useful again in the search for conditions that allow a more truly human existence.”
Thinking Paul Klee: Thinking Eye designed by Robert Büchler
Title: Paul Klee: Thinking Eye Hardcover: 542 pages Publisher: Lund Humphries Language: English (1961) Size: 220 x 210 mm / 8.6 x 8.26 inch
Thinking Chinese Color Prints of Today By Jan Tschichold
Title: Chinese Color Prints of Today Paperback: 78 pages Publisher: Beechhurst Press; First U.S. Edition edition (January 1, 1953) Language: English Size: 340 x 220.3 mm / 13.3 x 8.6 inch