GRAPHIS 49
George Nelson and Associates
Walter Herdeg (ed.)

9.25 x 11.75 magazine with 82 pages of b/w and color examples of modern graphic design, circa 1953. Text in in English, French and German. Graphis was (and still is) one of the most important and influential European graphic design publication. Graphis has been revered for its artistic presentation, impeccable design, and exemplary production qualities. Global in scope, Graphis is a compelling record of the most significant and influential communication work being produced today. In visually driven articles, Graphis beautifully presents the best work produced internationally in Graphic Design, Advertising, Branding & Identity, Illustration, Publishing, Packaging Design, Typography and Photography. with a focus on modern European designers. Graphis is still being published, but the most influential and groundbreaking years are from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

Excellent original edition of Graphis with a very strong editiorial content:

• Hans Hartmann
• Mural paintings of Roman times
• Coronation: occassion and opportunity in print
• masterpeices of chinese painting
• George Nelson and Associates by Mildred Constantine: 7 pages and 24 examples of the graphic design produced by George Tscherney, Irving Harper and others for George Nelson and Associates; includes many Herman Miller Furniture Company ads and miscellaneous materials.
• David Stone Martin
• Old New Years Cards
• Verner Witting
• Fernand leger: polychromatic ceramic sculptures
• three Italian books
• wall paintings by snake charmers in Tanganyika
• BOOK REVIEWS

These periodicals are much harder to find than the well known Graphis Annuals, which are essentially pictorial ³best of² collections and lack the depth and text of the originals. These publications are also more valuable as they are the original documents. Many of the articles are written by important artists, critics and scholars.

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