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International Graphic Design
Zero poster for an exhibition of Finmar Hotelware 1961.
Zero was truly international. Born in Germany, he fought in the German army in WWI, spent three years as a student in the Berlin Kunstgewerbeschule, also working for the German Hagenbeck Film Co. designing sets and posters. He took off for New York on a tramp steamer, then freelanced from his own office on Madison Avenue. At that time his work was being published in Gebrauchsgraphik. Then back to Germany where he worked on American as well as other international accounts. Moved to London permanently in 1932. Visiting associate professor, Institute of Design and Technology Chicago and continued working until he died in 1976.
International Graphic Design
Zero poster for an exhibition of Finmar Hotelware 1961.
Zero was truly international. Born in Germany, he fought in the German army in WWI, spent three years as a student in the Berlin Kunstgewerbeschule, also working for the German Hagenbeck Film Co. designing sets and posters. He took off for New York on a tramp steamer, then freelanced from his own office on Madison Avenue. At that time his work was being published in Gebrauchsgraphik. Then back to Germany where he worked on American as well as other international accounts. Moved to London permanently in 1932. Visiting associate professor, Institute of Design and Technology Chicago and continued working until he died in 1976.