Poster for Pfäfferli+Huber Pharmaceuticals, attributed to Ernst Bettler, 1959
In the late 1950s, Bettler was asked to design a series of posters to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfäfferli+Huber. Aware of reports that P+H had been involved in testing prisoners in German concentration camps less than 15 years before, he hesitated, and then decided to accept the commission. “I had the feeling I could do some real damage,” he said later.
Read the full post over at designobserver. Made me think.
Wow, Tina.. Thanks for pointing this out. I read about these back in an old Adbusters issue… and beyond that, I was NEVER able to find anything about these on the interwebs. I can die now.
Jan 15th, 2008 / 9:40 am