Thinking Anton Stankowski. 07 18 1906
Anton Stankowski was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 18 of June 1906. He apprenticeship for couple years as a decorative painter before meet his most influential teacher, Max Burchartz at the Folkwangschule, Essen. He worked shortly as a freelancer for Canis Advertising Agency in Bochum. At the end of the 1929, he was invited to...
Thinking Saul Bass. 05 08 1920
“Visual communication is inconceivable without knowledge of graphic transmission and analysis of fundamental structures.”
Thinking Hans Dieter Reichert. 04 19 1959
Hans Dieter Reichert was born on April 19, 1959. Not in a hospital like most people, but in his grandparent’s house in Würdinghausen (village), Sauerland, Germany. At the age of 18 he did an apprenticeship as compositor before went to university in Essen. Hans studied in four different cities Essen, Wuppertal, Basel and finished in...
Thinking Rudolf de Harak. 04 10 1924
“The designer’s constant intention is to create and communicate within a framework of aesthetic standards that clarifies information and enriches its meaning.” Rudolf de Harak studied commercial art at the New York School of Industrial Arts . After he graduated, he was drafted into the infantry for World War II. After the war, he apprenticeship...
Thinking Jan Tschichold. 04 02 1902
Jan Tschicchold was born on the April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig, Germany. He studied at the Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig and the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresen. In 1921, at age of 18, Tschichold taught typography and lettering at the Meisterschule fur Deutschlands Buchdrucker in Munich. His book, Die nue Typographie became one...
Thinking Peter Megert. 03 28 1937
Peter Megert was born on march 28, 1937 in Berne, Switzerland. He educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule. He also pursued his education in France and the United States. He studied design planning, communication, graphic production and filmmaking at the Ohio State University. In 1960, he established his studio, Studio M where he designed visual identities, printing...
Thinking Italo Lupi. 03 28 1934
Italo Lupi was born on March 28, 1934 in Cagliari, Italy. He studied architecture in Milan but worked mostly as a graphic designer. He was the Art Director of Abitare, Domus and La Rinascente and the Art Consultant of the Triennale di Milano and IBM Italia. He designed Miu Miu, Fiorucci and Triennale di Milano...
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 Bradbury Thompson. 03 25 1911
Bradbury Thompson was born on March 25 1911 in Jones Park, Riverside, Connecticut. Thompson graduated from Washburn University. He started his career by working at Capper Publication and he promoted to be an Art Director with Rogers-Lellog-Stillson. In 1938, Thompson was began to involve with Westvaco Inspirations. At this stage of his career he designed...
Thinking Maurizio Milani. 03 1955
Maurizio Milani was born on March, 1955 in Milan. He studied at Società Umanitaria under Albe Steiner from 1961 to 1964 and then joined Studio STZB. He also worked under Giulio Cittato before he joined his brother, Armando Milani to found their own graphic design company in 1976. He specializes in corporate identity and sinage....
Thinking Emil Ruder. 03 20 1914
“Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty.” Emil Ruder was born on 20 March 1914 in Zurich, Switzerland. A founder and teacher at the Basel School of Design alongside Armin Hofmann. I always wonder what Ruder would...
Thinking Herb Lubalin. 03 17 1918
“You can do a good ad with poor typography, but you can’t do a great ad with poor typography.”