In the 1930 Walter Herdeg of Switzerland was the graphic designer of the Tourism Association of St. Moritz and developed the famous symbol of the sun with the slanted, handwritten "St. Moritz". In those years, Herdeg created an entire universe of printed materials for businesses and advertising materials, featuring the new emblem with the sun and the writing. With this, he developed the first coherent visual appearance of a holiday resort. Aside from sun and writing, Herdeg used photomontages with graphical elements, still a new technology at that time, which was also used by Herbert Matter.

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Title
Poster "St. Moritz"
Category
Graphic design
Artist
Walter Herdeg
Material
Gravure printed
Year
1937
Size
101 x 63 cm
Owner

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste / Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Plakatsammlung

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal
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