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 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 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...
Thinking Ruedi Baur. 03 05 1956
Ruedi Baur was born on March 5, 1956 in Paris. He spent his childhood in France and then moved to Switzerland to learn graphic design with Michael Baiviera. He obtained his diploma in graphic design in 1979 at the Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. He created BBV studio in Lyon in 1983. In 1989 he...
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 Will Burtin. 01 17 1930
“The creative person who can find himself or herself in this expanding universe is not only fortunate but indispensible.”