Paul Gredinger
Paul Gredinger (* 1927 ; † October 6, 2013 in Thalwil ) was a Swiss architect who worked with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Herbert Eimert at the studio for electronic music between 1953 and 1957 . He also operated cubist painting . In addition, Paul Gredinger was one of the very big ones on the German advertising scene .
At the end of the 1950s he met the advertisers Karl Gerstner and Markus Kutter and became their partner in 1962. From then on the agency operated as Gerstner, Gredinger, Kutter ( GGK ). After Gerstner and Kutters left in 1975, Gredinger took over their shares and expanded the agency into a European network with up to 20 branches. In the 1970s and 1980s, his company was regarded as a management workshop and the first address for top creative people. Paul Gredinger supported his artist friends such as Dieter Roth , André Thomkins and Donald Judd . In 1990 he sold his shares to the Swiss company Trimedia . Paul Gredinger was made an honorary member of the Art Directors Club for Germany in 1992 .
Gredinger himself was the protagonist of one of the first color ad campaigns I drink Jägermeister because ... from Jägermeister .
Web links
- Obituary for Paul Gredinger
- Some thoughts about my famous uncle, October 16, 2013 from Lorenz Steinmann
- Der Spiegel 12/1984: advertisement. The Last Judgement
Individual evidence
- ↑ derStandard.at: Former GGK managing director Paul Gredinger has died
- ↑ Spiegel Online: Enjoy it
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Spiegel Online: The Last Judgment
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gredinger, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and advertiser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 2013 |
| Place of death | Thalwil |