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book (design) story #594

(unknown) :
ptt all' esposizione nazionale svizzera

esposizione nazoinale svizzera, zurigo, 1939
size: 12 x 18 cm
designer: frida+werner allenbach-meier (attributed)

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this postcard-sized booklet was produced for the 1939 swiss national exhibition "landi" in zurich (see also book 383).

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it is about the pavilion of the swiss post and telcom company.

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it is in italian language. i guess there were german and french versions, too.

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"allenbach, architetto e decoratore swb, berna" is credited for the exhibition design. so it is well possible that werner allenbach (1903-1975) and his wife frida (maya) allenbach-meier (1907-2002) were also involved in the design of the brochure (but not necessarily).

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