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Design magazine in Weimar Germany (1910–1922)

Das Plakat
Cover page of the magazine dated 1920
Editor-in-chiefHans Sachs
CategoriesDesign magazine
Publisher
  • Verlag Das Plakat
  • Verlag Max Chiliburger
FounderHans Sachs
Founded1910
Final issue1922
CountryWeimar Germany
Based inBerlin
LanguageGerman

Das Plakat (German: The Poster) was a design and art magazine published from 1910 to 1922 in Berlin, Weimar Germany. It was one of the early and influential publications on the art of posters and commercial art.

History and profile

Das Plakat was started by Hans Sachs in 1910. Its founding publisher was the Verlag Das Plakat based in Berlin. Between 1912 and 1921 it was published by Verlag Max Chiliburger. The company was managed by Hans Sachs on instruction of the Verein der Plakatfreunde (German: Association of friends of the poster) as the official media outlet of the association. Sachs also edited the magazine which focused on the production of posters. It also published the early examples of the political pictorial maps in November 1915. These were the reproductions of two political cartoon maps of Europe which had been produced by Paul Hadol in 1870 and by Walter Trier. Heinrich Inheim and Ernst Carl Bauer were among its contributors.

Das Plakat sold only 200 copies at the beginning, but later it managed to sell 5,000 copies. It ceased publication in 1922.

Das Plakat cover image dated January 1917 by Mihály Bíró, in times of World War I

References

  1. ^ "Das Plakat". Arts History Research. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. Victor Margolin (2001). "Book review". Journal of Design History. 14 (3): 241. JSTOR 3527150.
  3. Steven Heller (19 November 2013). "Dr. Hans Sachs' Posters for Sale". Print. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ Ida Katherine Rigby (Spring 1984). "German Expressionist Political Posters 1918-1919: Art and Politics, a Failed Alliance". Art Journal. 44 (1): 33, 36. doi:10.2307/776671. JSTOR 776671.
  5. Jeremy Aynsley (1992). ""Gebrauchsgraphik" as an Early Graphic Design Journal, 1924-1938". Journal of Design History. 5 (1): 68. JSTOR 1315852.
  6. ^ Steven Heller (29 November 2004). "Graphic Design Magazines: Das Plakat". Typotheque.
  7. ^ Roderick M. Barron (2018). "Bringing the map to life: European satirical maps 1845-1945". Belgeo. 3–4 (3–4): 445–464. doi:10.4000/belgeo.11935.

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