Twen Generation // Music & Graphics
Posted In: Adolf Theobald, Almir Mavignier, best German book design, Günther Kieser, Hamburg Philips record company, Hans Hillmann, Heinz Edelmann, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, John Gundelfinger, Josef Albers, Karl Gerstner, Lars Müller Publishers, Max Bill, Michael Engelmann, Paul Talman, Philips, Philips - Twen Realism is the score, Roberto Patelli, Stephan Wold, Verena Loewensberg, Willy Fleckhaus, Wolfang Schmidt
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Twen magazine brings us back to the decade from 1959 to 1969. The magazine publishers were Adolf Theobald and Stephan Wold, the main magazine designer aka Art Director was Willy Fleckhaus and the music editor was Joachim-Ernst Berendt; who probably was the one who started and built a collaboration with the Hamburg Philips record company.
You will find the complete story in the following book: “Philips – Twen Realism is the score“ by Jens Müller, Lars Müller Publishers [ 2009, best German book design ]. Twen mag marked an entire generation, almost eleven years of no stop publishing monthly, ops bimonthly since September 1961 …
The list below is about Designers & Artists who had the opportunity to work in this cross-platform project. Josef Albers, Max Bill, Heinz Edelmann, Michael Engelmann, Willy Fleckhaus, Karl Gerstner, John Gundelfinger, Hans Hillmann, Günther Kieser, Verena Loewensberg, Almir Mavignier, Roberto Patelli, Wolfang Schmidt, Paul Talman
Duke Ellington Meets Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite / Cover by Willy Fleckhaus
Ray Bryant Combo – Madison / Cover by Willy Fleckhaus
Detail cover/poster Philips – Twen Realism is the score
below few pages from Twen Magazine /via thebluecheer + thingstolookat + flickriver
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