Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Artist of the day, March 31, 2020: Hans Neuburg, a Swiss mod­ernist graphic designer (#956)

Swiss mod­ernist graphic designer Hans Neuburg (1904 – 1983) is one of the pio­neers of the Inter­na­tional Typo­graphic Style along with Brock­mann, Crouwel, Aicher, Hof­mann, Casey.

‘Hans Neuburg was born In Grulich, Austria-Hungary (Today Czechoslovakia). He studied at Orell Füssli Art Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1928, Neuburg becomes copywriter/designer for the Max Dalang advertising agency in Basel and Zürich and meets Max Bill, Herbert Matter and Anton Stankowski. From 1932-1936 he becomes an advertising manager for the Jean Haecki Import in Basle and is an editor for “Industriewerbung” magazine. He started his own design studio in Zürich in 1936, specializing in advertising and exhibition design. His clients included Mustermesse Basle and the International Red Cross. He designed several exhibitions such as the Swiss National Expo (1939), the Swiss contribution to the Prague World Fair (1945) and the Brussels Expo (1958). He was a co-founder and co-editor (1958-1965) of “Neue Graphik” magazine with Richard Paul Lohse, Joseph Müller-Brockmann and Carlo Vivarelli. In 1962 he became director of the Gewerbemuseum in Winterthur and taught at the Hochschule fur Gestaltung in Ulm (1963) and the Carlton University in Ottawa. He is the author of several books such as Graphic design in Swiss Industry (1965), Publicity and Graphic design in the Chemical industry (1967) and Conceptions of International Exhibition (1969)

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Mr. Hans Neuburg
Hans Neuburg letterhead (Letter to August Engel). 1932
Super Bouillon - Liebig. 1934
Das Internationale Komittee vom Roten Kreuz hilft. Poster. 1946
Oertli Tooling Co. Logo. 1946
 Anliker & Co. Logo. 1955
 Radiotelefono. Poster. 1957
 Konstruktive Grafik exhibition. Poster. 1958
 Jetzt noch besser. Poster. 1960
 Hyspa Design. Logo. 1961
 Pages from New Graphic Design, no13. 1962
Neue Grafik. July 1963
 Zürcher Künstler - Kunsthalle Basel. 1966
 Draphic Design in Swiss Industry. 1967
 Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich Paul Schuitema Ausstellung. 1967
 Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry. 1967
 Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry. 1967
 Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry. 1967
 Conceptions of International Exhibitions. 1969
 Conceptions of International Exhibitions. 1969
 Conceptions of International Exhibitions. 1969
 Die Stadt Zürich gibt Auskunft. Poster. 1970
 Han Coray. 1970
  EPA. Poster. 1971
Zürcher Konkrete Kunst. 1971
 Zürcher Künstler. 1972
 Werke suchen ihren Künstler. Poster. 1974
Hans Neuburg. 50 anni di grafica costruttiva book.1982
Moderne werbe und Bebrauchs. Cover

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