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KNER, Albert - Robert Elton BROOKER III & Adám ERDESZ - Albert Kner - Artist, Icon, Legend: Discovering his Legacy in Industrial Design.

Budapest / Boston, Corvina / Club of Odd Volumes, 2023. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. 222 pp. Clothbacked boards. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. - Albert Kner (1899-1976) invented hundreds of things we encounter in our daily lives, such as the cardboard six pack and the flip top cigarette box. Yet his name is almost unknown. He started his life in Hungary in the book arts. [...] In 1940, Albert emigrated to Chicago with his wife and two young children. Almost instantly he was hired as Design Director of the largest cardboard manufacturer in America. His charge: make cardboard beautiful. Albert Kner is a hidden treasure of the design world, and deserves far greater recognition for his achievements. - Good cpy

EUR 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 45.83 | £UK 34.25 | JP¥ 6654] Book number 32761

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