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Museum of Design Zurich – Stile Olivetti. History and forms of an Italian industry
Artist: Ballmer, Walter
Year: 1961
Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
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Walter Ballmer emigrated to Milan in 1947 and was hired by Adriano Olivetti for the company's communications department in the late 1950s. Over the following decades, Ballmer designed iconic posters characterised by the interplay of graphic design and photography. This poster promoted a small exhibition at the Zurich Museum of Design on the occasion of Ballmer's hundredth birthday.
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After leaving school, Walter Ballmer (1923-2011) trained as a graphic designer at the Basel School of Applied Arts. In 1947, he followed the example of many Swiss graphic artists and went to Milan, which was benefiting in particular from the economic upturn in the post-war period. Ballmer found his first job at the renowned Studio Boggeri, which Antonio Boggeri had founded in 1933 and which was one of the early re... more
After leaving school, Walter Ballmer (1923-2011) trained as a graphic designer at the Basel School of Applied Arts. In 1947, he followed the example of many ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 6000
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- Company: Kunstgewerbemuseum KGM - MFG Zürich, CH
- Brand:Flims - Laax - Weisse Arena, Graubünden / Grisons, CH
- Printer: Lithographie & Cartonnage AG, Zürich
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- Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Offset print
- Condition:
A-/J
Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:50 Jahre Schweizer Plakate, ausgezeichnet vom Eidg. Dep. des Innern - 50 years Swiss Posters selected by the Federal Department of Home Affairs
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