Thinking Saul Bass. 05 08 1920
“Visual communication is inconceivable without knowledge of graphic transmission and analysis of fundamental structures.”
Thinking Gielijn Escher. 04 22 1945
Gieljn Escher was born in Oegstgeest, a town in the province of South Holland, on 22 April 1945. Gielijn was exposed with graphic design at the age of five. Gielijn started to collect orange-wrappers and create labels. He admired the work Jan Bons, Dick Elffers, Nicolaas Wijnberg, Herbert Leupin and Raymond Savignac. He started with...
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 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 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 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 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...