Gust Hahn

Biography

Trademarks. Born 1906 in Nuremberg. Trained as an art teacher and in commercial art. 1935: appointed by S. von Weech to teach at the Berlin Textil- und Modeschule. After military service during the war he was a typographer and photographer. 1953: freelance, working in collaboration with Clar-Werbung, advertising agency; living in Heidelberg.

Writings about

  • Gerda Finsterer-Stuber, Marken und Signete, Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1957.
  • brief biography, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1955, p. 55
  • Ludwig Ebenhöh, ‘The designer of trademarks’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1953, pp. 16-19