Telephone International
1930
Artist
Charles Kuhn
Printer
Wolfsberg, Zürich
DIMENSIONS
50 x 35 in. (127 x 88.9 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.858
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Education, Frankfurt, Innsbruck, London, Lyon, Maps, Milan, Oslo, Palermo, Paris, Photomontage, Product, Rome, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Switzerland, Technology, Telephone, Vienna, Zagreb
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Education, Frankfurt, Innsbruck, London, Lyon, Maps, Milan, Oslo, Palermo, Paris, Photomontage, Product, Rome, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Switzerland, Technology, Telephone, Vienna, Zagreb
Charles Kuhn won several awards for the posters he designed for this campaign for the Swiss Telephone Company. Here, he devises a largely visual message; the typography represents the company’s name and those of the cities to which it supplies service. A photograph of a hand holding a telephone receiver is superimposed on a map of Europe; its earpiece is connected to the major European cities by radiating lines suggesting the voices emanating from it.
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