Willy Fleckhaus
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.magazinedesigning.com/twen-the-most-influential-magazine-of-all-times/ |title=Twen magazine - The Most Influential Magazine of All Times? |publisher=Magazine Designing |date=26 June 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.8faces.com/post/114044830353/twen-magazine-1959-1970-many-designers-will-be |title=Twen Magazine: 1959-1970 Many designers will be... | Type Worship: Inspirational Typography & Lettering |publisher=Blog.8faces.com |date=14 June 2016 |accessdate=25 April 2017}} He was a prolific designer of book covers.{{cite web|url=http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/willy-fleckhaus/ |title=Willy Fleckhaus : ADC • Global Awards & Club |publisher=Adcglobal.org |date= |accessdate=25 April 2017}}
Fleckhaus was born in 1925 in Velbert, Germany.
He died of a heart attack at his home in Tuscany, Italy on 12 September 1983.
Exhibitions
- 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.
References
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Bibliography
- Fleckhaus - Design, Revolt, Rainbow. Ed. Michael Buhrs, Petra Hesse, text (german/english) by Hans-Michael Koetzle, Carsten Wolff. Hartmann Books, Stuttgart 2017, {{ISBN|978-3-96070-012-8}}.
- twen – Revision einer Legende. Ed. by Hans-Michael Koetzle (only german), Klinkhardt&Biermann, 1995, {{ISBN|978-3781403925}}.
- Michael Koetzle, Carsten M. Wolff (Ed.): Fleckhaus. Deutschlands erster Art Director, (only german). Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1997, {{ISBN|978-3781404052}}.
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Design of the 20th Century|first1=Charlotte|last1=Fiell|first2=Peter|last2=Fiell|publisher=Taschen|location=Köln|edition=25th anniversary|year=2005|page=247|isbn=9783822840788|oclc=809539744}}
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