Thinking Franco Bassi. 02 19 1920
Franco bassi was born on February 19, 1920 in Milan Italy. He studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. He started working at Olivetti in 1949 and later became an Art Director at Ollivetti design and advertising studios. He also worked as an Art Director Weisscredit in Lugano, and Italconsult in Roma. His clients...
Thinking Rosmarie Tissi. 02 13 1937
Rosmarie Tissie was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland on February 13th 1937. She took one preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule and then four years apprenticeship in Zurich .Tissi share a studio with Siegfried Odermatt since 1968. Tissi’s worked have been exhibited worldwide along side with Odermatt’s work including permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art, New...
Thinking Wolfgang Weingart. 02 06 1941
“The synthesis of my work was actually the story of my life in retrospect.”
Thinking Pieter Brattinga. 01 31 1929
Pieter Brattinga was born on January 31, 1931 in Hilversum, Netherlands. He studied in Leiden, Paris and London. In 1951, at the age of 20 he became a design director at his family’s printing house Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co, Hilversum. At the same time he published Kwadraatbladen, a series of square brochures on various...
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 Hans Rudolf Bosshard. 01 25 1929
I set strong rules for myself – and love the architecture of the Baroque. I fundamentally think rationally – but love the strange and the absurd. I love wit – but hate people’s grin. I appreciate clarity and transparency – but publish a book under a pseudonym. I often approach typography like a concrete painting...
Thinking Ikko Tanaka. 01 13 1930
Ikko Tanaka Was born at Nara city, Japan on 13 of January 1930. He graduated from Kyoto Municipal College of Arts and Crafts in 1950 and joined Kenefafuchi Spinning Mills as a textile designer. In 1952, he started his career as a graphic designer with Sankei Press and became an Art Director at Nippon Design...
Thinking Massimo Vignelli. 01 10 1931
“We like design to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all timeless.” Massimo Vignelli was born in Milano, Italy on January 10, 1931. He studied at Accademia di belle arti, In Milan and later at the School of the University of Venice. In 1957, he came to New york and taught at the Institute...
Thinking Werner Jeker. 12 25 1944
“Black and white is the simplest and the most radical expression.” Werner Jeker was born on December 25, in 1944 in Mumliswill, the Swiss German Canton of soleure. He apprtenchip at Hugo Welti studio and obtained of Federal grants of Applied Arts in 1968. He became a freelancers as an illustrator, graphic designer and teacher...
Thinking Max Bill. 12 22 1908
“Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art.”
Thinking Arnold Saks. 09 20 1931
Arnold Saks was born on December 20, 1931. Saks studied at The Syracuse University and Yale school of Design. He established design partnership Ward & Saks in 1958 and Arnold Saks Associates in 1968. His design work range from annual reports, investor relations material, marketing and capabilities brochures, recruiting booklets, corporate identity, poster and other...
Thinking Hans Hartmann. 12 10 1913
Hans Hartmann was born on December 10, 1913 in Villnachern , Switzerland. He started his career working in the advertising office of the Bally shoe factories at Schonenwerd from 1928 to 1930. in 1931, He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich for 4 years. In 1938, he opened his own studio in Berne and moved...