CONTRIBUTORS TO GRAPHIS MAGAZINE

All creatives and writers who contributed to over 60 years of Graphis Magazine from 1944 to 2005 are listed below in alphabetical order by last name. These 355 issues give rare insight into the historical emergence of our professions from a start in Fine Art through the evolution to Graphic Design (or commercial art) and Advertising as we know them today. As a reminder, Professional Members gain full access to these priceless archives.


History Of Graphis Magazine — Graphis Magazine, The International Journal of Visual Communication, was designed and published by Walter Herdeg from 1944 through 1985. It originally presented work from Fine Artists such as Picasso, Vasarely, Munch, and many more; later, it presented the evolution of Graphic Design as we know it today, followed by Illustration, Photography, and eventually Advertising.

Herdeg also initiated Graphis Annual (Design integrated with Illustration) in 1952, followed by Photographis (Design integrated with Photography) in 1966, and Graphis Posters in 1973. He also published books on a variety of topics such as Comics, Diagrams, Ephemera, and Television Graphics.

In 1985, Herdeg retired and sold Graphis to B. Martin Pedersen, who redefined the Annuals by separating them into Design, Photography, Advertising, and New Talent for student work. He also began publishing non-Annuals in Typography, Branding, Brochures, Annual Reports, and Logo & Letterhead. Pedersen continued with the Magazine until 2005 when it ceased due to global economic decline.

From 1997-2000, (issues 307-323), Graphis commissioned great writers such as Tom Wolfe (interviewed Milton Glaser in issue 331), Truman Capote (wrote about Richard Avedon’s portraits in issue 86), Pete Hamill (wrote about “The Public and Private Art of David Levine” in issue 321 and Milton Glaser in issue 324), and Paola Antonelli (wrote about Pierluigi Cerri in issue 286, Italo Lupi in issue 276, and Achille Castiglioni in issue 285), among many others. Pedersen relaunched the Magazine as Graphis Journal, which continues to present quality editorial about the talent behind the extraordinary artwork in the industry.

I sincerely believe that much of the Platinum and Gold Award-winning work we have been receiving over the years qualifies as fine art. —B. Martin Pedersen


Below is an alphabetical SEARCH by CONTRIBUTOR or PROFESSION.
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Fabigan, Prof. Hans, Author

Facetti, Germano, Author

Fahruner, Konrad, Author

Fairbank, Alfred, Artist & Illustrator, Designer

Falk, Hans, Artist & Illustrator, Designer

Falkenstein, Helga, Author

Fanger, Urs, Author

Fare, Michel, Author

Farner, Rudolf, Author

Fasciano, Nicholas, Art Director

Favre, Claude, Author

Fay, Leah, Author

Federico, Gene, Designer

Federico, Helen, Designer

Fedier, Franz, Author

Fehlbaum, Rolf, Other

Feiffer, Jules, Author, Artist & Illustrator

Felici, Glauco, Author

Fella, Edward, Designer

Fellini, Federico, Film

Feray, Jean, Author

Fernandes, Stanislaw, Artist & Illustrator

Ferreri, Anna Castelli, Designer

Ferrier, Jean-Louis, Author

Fili, Louise, Designer

Filozof, Veronique, Artist & Illustrator

Fink, Karl, Author

Finsler, Hans, Author

Fischer, Barbara, Author

Fischer, Hans, Artist & Illustrator, Designer

Fischer, Prof. O., Author

Fischerstrom, Iwan W., Author

Fischli, Hans, Author

Fishenden, R. B., Designer

Fix-Masseau, Pierre, Designer

Fleckhaus, Willy, Designer

Flejsar, Josef, Designer

Fleming, Allan, Designer

Fleming, Martha, Author

Flesher, Vivienne, Artist & Illustrator, Photographer

Flora, Paul, Designer

Florian, Douglas, Author, Artist & Illustrator

Floud/Rosner, Author

Flower, Desmond, Author

Fogel, Vanessa, Author

Fogleman, James K., Author

Foley, Paul, Author

Follis, John, Author

Folon, Jean Michel, Author, Artist & Illustrator

Forbes, Colin, Author

Foreman, Michael, Author, Artist & Illustrator

Fornasetti, Piero, Designer

Foucault, M., Author

Francesca, Piero Della, Artist & Illustrator

Francis, Sam, Artist & Illustrator

Francois, Andre, Artist & Illustrator

Francois, Andrew, Designer

Franke, Dr. Herbert, Author

Franke, Dr. W., Author

Frankfurt, Steve, Author

Frasconi, Antonio, Artist & Illustrator

Fraser, Eric, Artist & Illustrator

Frazier, Craig, Artist & Illustrator

French, Neil, Other

Frenzel, Ivo, Author

Friedl, Friedrich, Author

Friedman, Dan, Designer

Frinta, Dagmar, Artist & Illustrator

Frolick, Bill, Author

Frolick, Stuart, Author

Fuka, Wladimir, Artist & Illustrator

Fukuda, Shigeo, Author, Designer

Funabashi, Zenji, Designer