Willy Fleckhaus
Wilhelm August Fleckhaus (21 December 1925 – 12 September 1983) was a German designer and art director, perhaps best known as art director of Twen magazine throughout its 1959 to 1970 existence. He was a prolific designer of book covers. Fleckhaus was born in 1925 in Velbert, Germany.
Also recorded as Wilhelm August Fleckhaus
Willy Fleckhaus
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- 1925 · Velbert.
- Died
- 1983 · Castelfranco di Sopra.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- journalist · university teacher · postage stamp designer · graphic designer · graphic artist · photographer · typesetter · editing staff
- Languages
- German
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Wilhelm August Fleckhaus (21 December 1925 – 12 September 1983) was a German designer and art director, perhaps best known as art director of Twen magazine throughout its 1959 to 1970 existence. He was a prolific designer of book covers. Fleckhaus was born in 1925 in Velbert, Germany.
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He died of a heart attack at his home in Tuscany, Italy on 12 September 1983.
• 2016: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen; Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (in Cooperation with Museum Villa Stuck, Munich). • 2017: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. • 2017: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich.
Willy Fleckhaus, Stamps of Germany (Berlin) 1978, MiNr Block 7
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- 1.Magazine Designing. Twen magazine - The Most Influential Magazine of All Times?. 26 June 2013.
- 2.Blog.8faces.com. Twen Magazine: 1959-1970 Many designers will be. | Type Worship: Inspirational Typography & Lettering. 14 June 2016.
- 3.Adcglobal.org. Willy Fleckhaus : ADC • Global Awards & Club.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Fleckhaus - Design, Revolt, Rainbow. Ed. Michael Buhrs, Petra Hesse, text (german/english) by Hans-Michael Koetzle, Carsten Wolff. Hartmann Books, Stuttgart 2017, .
- twen – Revision einer Legende. Ed. by Hans-Michael Koetzle (only german), Klinkhardt&Biermann, 1995, .
- Michael Koetzle, Carsten M. Wolff (Ed.): Fleckhaus. Deutschlands erster Art Director, (only german). Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1997, .
- Fiell, Charlotte. Design of the 20th Century. Taschen. 247. 2005. 9783822840788.
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