TWEN is quite simply one of the greatest magazines of all time and we don’t say that lightly. Its graphic design is still highly influential today, and the the title was full of great content shot by great photographers. The famous art director Willy Fleckhaus was responsible for a lot brilliance of this cult magazine. Published in Germany in the 1960’s and 1970’s, this is a very rare magazine, and this issue is full of incredible content. Cult magazine of the 1960s, designed by Willy Fleckhaus.
This rare issue features -
Sylvie Vartan wears her (Valentine) heart on her sleeve. Cover, photo shoot, applying make-up etc, and interview with the French singer, 8 pages.
This issue contains the Sam Haskins image that was reproduced by the British band The Last Shadow Puppets as their album cover. Here's more about the famous photo:
"The album art consists of a photo of Gill (Gillian Tanner), an art student from Johannesburg, photographed by Sam Haskins in 1962. The photograph was chosen by Alex Turner, after he saw it in a copy of Haskins' book found by Alexa Chung, his girlfriend at the time, in Dover Street Market. -Wikipedia"
The spectacular fold-out colour poster of a child on a swing by Art Kane is still fully intact insde.
Interview with composer Igor Stravinsky.
Fashion editorials, documentary photography, interviews and art features throughout.
Contributors / features in this issue include -
ANN THONNISSEN, 'APPETISERS' food spread flat lay, ART KANE, BILL WARD, DENNIS STOCK, Gerd Preser, HEINZ EDELMANN, HENRI ELWING, MICHELE MERCIER, RAY WILSON, ROBERTO PATELLI, MICHELE MERCIER, RAY WILSON and the wonderful Sam Haskins.
Outstanding periodical!!
Art direction by Willy Fleckhaus
Issue number 12
December 1964
Publisher: Kindler & Schiermeyer GmbH
Weight: 300 grams approx
Published in Munich / Munchen, Germany / Deutschland.
Circulation: 1-3 thousand
Language: German / Deutsch
Excellent condition. Complete.
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Our ref. 211010_6132 B1943
