Field Journal 9

Gunter Rambow (b. 1938) is a German designer who is very famous for his poster designs. He produced outstanding posters and a lot of photo books.

He was trained as a glass painter prior to entering the graphic department of the Hochshule für bildende Kunste (Academy of Art and Design] in Kasse).

At twenty-two, while still a student, Gunter Rambow started his own design studio in Kassel, He worked together with Gerhard Lienemeyer and Michael van de Sand, but he has always been the creative member of team.

Gunter Rambow
Book poster for Frankfurt-based publishing house, S. Fischer Verlag, 1970s http://libraryland.tumblr.com/post/211007770/karenh-gunter-rambow-book-posters

Gunter Rambow
Book poster for Frankfurt-based publishing house, S. Fischer Verlag 1970s

http://libraryland.tumblr.com/post/211007770/karenh-gunter-rambow-book-posters

Gunter Rambow
Book poster for Frankfurt-based publishing house, S. Fischer Verlag, 1970s
http://www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/editor/entry/3429/gunter-rambow-book-posters

In his designs the medium of photography is montaged, manipulated.

Gunter Rambow
Poster “Utopie Dynamit”, 1976

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4799&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1

He re-draw and rephotograph the subjects to turn ordinary into extraordinary.

Gunter Rambow

Poster for the play “Die Hamletmaschine”, 1980

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4799&page_number=2&template_id=1&sort_order=1

In 2007, the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt dedicated a major solo exhibition to his work. The show is an encounter between more than one hundred posters by Gunter Rambow ( from 1962 to the present) and Richard Meier's architecture.

Gunter Rambow

Poster against violence “Think before you're thought “, 1995

http://www.gunterrambow.de/index2.php#

His work still influences many artists.