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 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 Pino Musi. 03 18 1958
Pino Musi was born on 18th March 1958 in Salerno, Italy. Since in the very early age Musi has been interested into photography. Musi was inspired to the avant-garde theater pieces. He develops specific to the black and white photography with a lot of great contras between light and shadow. He has been interpreting many...
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.”
Thinking A G Fronzoni. 03 05 1923
“We need to aim at essential things, to remove every redundant effects, every useless flowering, to elaborate a concept on mathematical bases, on fundamental ideas, on elementary structures; we strongly need to avoid waste and excess.” AG Frozoni was born on March 15, 1923 in Pisoia, Italy. He opened his studio in Bresica in 1945...
Thinking Lester Beall. 03 14 1903
“All experience in fields directly or indirectly related to design must be absorbed and stored up, to provide the inspirational source that guides, nourishes and enriches the idea-flow of the designer.” Lester Beall was born on March 14, 1903 in Missouri, Kansas City. He was educated at University of Chicago with Pb.B in History Art...
Thinking Anthon Beeke. 03 11 1940
Anthon Beeke was born on March 11, 1940 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He didn’t attend any school to learn graphic design instead he worked as an assistant for Ed Callahan in Germany, Jacques Richez in France and Jan Van Toorn in Netherlands. in 1963, he started up as an independent designer. He became a partner in...
Thinking Colin Forbes. 06 03 1928
Colin Forbes was born on March 6, 1928 in London, England. He studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and while he studied there he worked as an assistant of Herbert Spencer. At the end of the semester he worked as a freelancer. He also worked as an art director with an advertising...