Thinking Saul Bass. 05 08 1920
“Visual communication is inconceivable without knowledge of graphic transmission and analysis of fundamental structures.”
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 F.H.K Henrion. 04 18 1914
F.H.K Henrion was born on April 18 1914 in Nuremberg Germany, Henrion got his British Nationality in 1946. He was trained as a textile design in Paris. He worked from 1936- 39 under Paul Colin in Paris and London. During World War II, he became a consultant for exhibitions division of Ministry of information and...
Thinking Yves Jose Zimmermann. 04 17 1937
Today marks of the birth of Yves Jose Zimmermann. Born in Switzerland and studied at Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel. In 1957, he went to New York to work under Will Burtin at Studio of Visual Research and Design and did corporate image design at Franzen studio of architecture. He worked for Geigy Chemical Corporation in New...
Thinking Hans Neuburg. 03 20 1904
Hans Neuburg was born on 20th March 1904 in Grulich, Czechoslovakia. In 1910, Neuburg became a residence in Zurich. He got some commercial apprenticeship and then in 1928, he was employed as a copywriter by Max Dalang. He worked as a freelancer before he hired by Jean Haecky in Basle as an advertising manager. In...
Thinking George Giusti. 10 10 1908
George Giusti was born in Milan, Italy on October 10, 1908. He trained at the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He started worked in Lugano and moved to Zurich to have his own studio from 1930-1937. He emigrated to USA in 1938 where he got several commissions including US government in Washington, designing...
Thinking Adrian Frutiger. 05 24 1928
“The great stroke of luck in my life is to have been blessed first with an artistic feeling for shapes, and second with an easy grasp of technical processes and of mathematics.”
Thinking Henry Wolf. 05 23 1925
“I like the work, to solve problems. Advertising can be as much fun as anything because the problems are varied and non-recurring. That’s a problem with publishing. By the time you’ve done the fourth annual beauty issue, you’re sick of it. If the problem is dull then the results are dull…whether it’s in advertising where...
Thinking Otl Aicher. 05 13 1922
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth Otl Aicher; a great designer, teacher and writer. Today also the opening “The Visual Appearance of the XX. Olympic Games Munich 1972″ in HFG Archive, Ulm, 13 May to 14 October 2012. It would be great if I could go to Germany to see the exhibition. Thank...
Thinking A.M Cassandre. 01 25 1901
A.M Cassandre was born on 25 of January 1901, in Kharkov, Ukraine. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Academie Julian in Paris. His posters were inspired by surrealism and cubism. The large image always become the focal point. He also created some typeface designs including Acier Noir, bifur, Peignot and Touraine...
Thinking Oskar Schlemmer. 09 04 1888
Oskar Schlemmer was born on September 4, 1888 in Stugart, Germany. Schlemmer studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule and Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. He became pupil of Adolf Holzel. in 1915, He had an exhibition at the gallery called The Storm. The most famous work of him is “Triadisches Ballet” was premiered in 1916. in...
Thinking Bruno Mongguzi. 08 21 1941
“Design is the intellectual and pragmatic process aimed at giving an appropriate form to a given function.” Bruno Monguzzi was born on August 21, 1941 at Mendrisio, Switzerland. Bruno Mongguzi studied graphic design at Ecole des arts decoratifs in Geneva and he received a scholarship to study typography, photography and gestalt psychology in London. His...