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Swiss graphic designer
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KG
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2 March 1930(Basel)
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Biography
Karl Gerstner (2 July 1930 – 1 January 2017) was a Swiss designer, typographer, author and artist.
Gerstner was apprenticed as a typographer, and in 1949, started his own graphic design studio. In 1963 he co-founded GGK, a leading Swiss advertising agency.
Gerstner died in Basel University Hospital on 1 January 2017.