Thinking Louis Danziger. 11 17 1923
“Design is a problem-solving activity. Thinking is the application of intelligence to arrive at the appropriate solution to the problem.”
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 Romek Marber. 10 25 1925
“Sometimes, something accidental occurs that intensifies the work and I am thankful.”
Thinking Alan Fletcher. 09 27 1931
“What is the most treasured and well-used piece of equipment in your studio?” My head. Alan Fletcher was born on September 27, 1931 in Nairobi, Kenya. Fletcher returned to England in 1936. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and then continue at the Central School of Art where he studied under Anthony Froshaug....
Thinking Kurt Wirth. 09 12 1917
“Drawing is a special form of presence of mind, a process which doesn’t tolerate being postponed or adjourned.”
Thinking Abram Games. 07 29 1914
“Nothing is impossible, it’s only difficult. A difficulty is an opportunity, an opportunity is a challenge and that’s what I’m interested in.”
Thinking Toshihiro Katayama. 07 17 1928
Toshihiro Katayama was born on July 17 1928 in Osaka, Japan. A self-taught artist who began his career as a freelance graphic artist after graduating from Osaka High School. Later he became co-founded Nippon Design Center. In 1963, he invited by Geigy AG to be their designer and live there for three years. In 1996...
Thinking Adrian Frutiger. 05 24 1928
“The great stroke of luck in my life is to have been blessed first with an artistic feeling for shapes, and second with an easy grasp of technical processes and of mathematics.”
Thinking Henry Wolf. 05 23 1925
“I like the work, to solve problems. Advertising can be as much fun as anything because the problems are varied and non-recurring. That’s a problem with publishing. By the time you’ve done the fourth annual beauty issue, you’re sick of it. If the problem is dull then the results are dull…whether it’s in advertising where...
Thinking Carlo Vivarelli. 05 08 1919
Carlo Vivarelli was born on May 8th, 1919 in Zurich, Switzerland. Vivarelli went to the art at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zurich. In 1939, he went to Paris to visit several art school and spent some time with well known graphic artist, Paul Colin. He mentioned that spending time with Paul Colin...
Thinking Willi Baus. 12 16 1909
“The most valuable of his legacies was the example of his whole life as a graphic artist: a life without any complacency, in constant quest of improvement.” Jost Hochuli Will Baus was born on the 16th December in St. Gall, Swiss. In 1909, he studied embroidery design at the Polytechnic for Textile Design St.Gall for...
Thinking Capital magazine No:3_1 designed by Karl Gerstner
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