Thinking Saul Bass. 05 08 1920
“Visual communication is inconceivable without knowledge of graphic transmission and analysis of fundamental structures.”
Thinking Noel Martin. 04 19 1922
Noel Martin was born in Syracuse, Ohio on 19 April 1922. He studied drawing, painting, and printmaking at Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1939-41. He was self though in typography and design. Later on, he became an instructor at Art Academy of Cincinnati until 1957. Noel Martin became the first graphic designer to work for...
Thinking F.H.K Henrion. 04 18 1914
F.H.K Henrion was born on April 18 1914 in Nuremberg Germany, Henrion got his British Nationality in 1946. He was trained as a textile design in Paris. He worked from 1936- 39 under Paul Colin in Paris and London. During World War II, he became a consultant for exhibitions division of Ministry of information and...
Thinking Yves Jose Zimmermann. 04 17 1937
Today marks of the birth of Yves Jose Zimmermann. Born in Switzerland and studied at Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel. In 1957, he went to New York to work under Will Burtin at Studio of Visual Research and Design and did corporate image design at Franzen studio of architecture. He worked for Geigy Chemical Corporation in New...
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 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 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...