JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
[Part of the series on German Design]
Form my experience in looking at hundreds of thousands of images over the decades that I have semi-operated an antique image store, I can say that–like cartoon characters–the main character of an image seldom looks directly and full-faced into the eyes of the viewer. It is very uncommon. That is why this ad for Mercedes motorcar found in the pages of the Illustrirte Zeitung (Leipzig) for 1923.
This is a detail from the 5×3" original:
Its a good piece of design.
