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 Sebastiao Rodrigues. 01 28 1929
Sebastiao Rodrigues was born on 28 of January 1929 in Lisbon, Portugal. He started his career as graphic designer in 1945 working for Advertising Arts Workshop (APA). In 1954, Rodrigues was commissioned to design Portuguese pavilions in Sao Paulo and continue to design Portuguese Pavilion 1956 (Rome), 1957 (Lausanne) and 1958 (Brussels). In 1959, Rodrigues...
Thinking Bob Gill. 17 01 1931
Bob Gill was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17 1931. He went to Philadelphia Museum School of Art in 1948 to study design and drawing for 2 and half years. in 1952, he continued his studying in City College of New York. He also work as a freelancer as well. His illustrations began...
Thinking Roman Cieślewicz. 01 13 1930
‘Posters need powerful occasions and significant subjects, which they can’t find at the moment. As a means of communication they belong to another age and have very little future.’
Thinking Celestino Piatti. 01 05 1922
“You can draw an owl a thousand times, and never find out its secret”. Celestino Piatti was born in Wagen-Bruttisellen, Switzerland on January 5th 1922. Piatti was trained at Kunstgewerbeschule under Ernst and Max Gubler in Zurich. He was a member of Fritz Buhler’s team from 1944-1948. In 1948, he established his own graphic design...
Thinking Donald Brun. 11 30 1909
Donald Brun was born on October 30 1909 in Basle, Switzerland. He studied at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule while he was working in art studio in Basle as a graphic designer. He continued his education at the Akademie fur Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin. He established his studio at 1933. He created two pavilion for...
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 Jean Carlu. 05 03 1900
Jean Georges Leon Carlu was born on May 3rd, 1900 in Bonnières-sur-Seine, France. Carlu was trained as an architect but at the age of 18 he changed his field to graphic and exhibition design. He is one of the pioneers of modern poster art a long side with A.M Cassandre. He belonged to the small...
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 Dick Bruna. 08 23 1927
“When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent – no jokes in it for the parents! ” Dick Bruna was born in Utrecht, Netherlands on August 23, 1927. Since he was a teenager he had interest in design. After the war, Bruna and his family moved to...
Thinking Milton Glaser. 06 26 1929
“To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.”
Thinking Ivan Chermayeff. 06 06 1932
“Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.”