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History

  1. AGI: What is it?
    Inwards/Outwards/Backwards/Forwards

  2. AGI History in the 1950s
    We Want You!

    Ben Bos

    The Alliance was established at a first meeting in Paris. A dozen designers from France, Britain and Switzerland took the initial steps.

  3. AGI History in the 1960s
    It's About Communication

    Ben Bos

    A solid foundation was laid in the first, short AGI decade, from 1952 to 1959. The list of members was pretty representative of the crème-de-la-crème of young graphic designers in the Western world.

  4. AGI History in the 1970s
    A Time of Consolidation

    Ben Bos

    AGI had got through its adolescence. The 1970s were characterized by consolidation. We knew what we wanted from the Alliance.

  5. AGI History in the 1980s
    New Waves Violating Old Rules

    Ben Bos

    Although Munich was the host city of the 1980 AGI meeting, the informal meetings were held in the little village of Isening, in the countryside outside the metropolis.

  6. AGI History in the 1990s
    The End of Print?

    Ben Bos

    Despite the rather French origins of the AGI, 23 years went by before the Alliance met again on French soil: Blois, on the Loire, 1990.

  7. AGI History in the 2000s
    At Almost 50 Years Old

    Ben Bos

    The location for the opening of the Millennium AGI 2000: Mexico! The new century took us into a new world.

History