series of editorials on prominent designers
one of europe’s first and most notable art directors didn’t come from a design background:
willy fleckhaus was a journalist who decided that magazines could do better visually and spent a lifetime masterfully pursuing his chosen mission.
Willy Fleckhaus, 1970. Photo by Will McBride.
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born in Velbert, Germany
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enlisted in the army
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got his first design job
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becomes art director at Twen magazine
Twen magazine, issue 9, 1964. Cover designed by Willy Fleckhaus. Photo by Willy Rizzo.
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starts working at Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin