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After serving in the German army during WWI, Herbert Bayer (born 1900 in Austria) enrolled in an arts and crafts studio, then worked for a designer. In 1921 he studied at the Weimar Bauhaus and then taught there, starting in 1925, teaching typography & advertising effects. Bayer then worked full-time for advertising agency Dorland International and as art director for Vogue magazine.

 

In 1938 Bayer emigrated to the US and worked in New York until 1946 for such clients as Dorland International, Thompson, Wanamaker's, and developing exhibitions and general graphic design for large corporations.

 

In 1946 He moved to Aspen, Colorado and continued as consultant to firms such as Container Corporation of America.

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Uploaded on August 25, 2007