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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Bob Gill. 17 01 1931
Bob Gill was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17 1931. He went to Philadelphia Museum School of Art in 1948 to study design and drawing for 2 and half years. in 1952, he continued his studying in City College of New York. He also work as a freelancer as well. His illustrations began...