Jacques Nathan-Garamond Biography

"Nathan," as he signed his work, was an interior designer and a contributor to Architecture d'Aujourd'hui magazine, as well as a posterist and jewelry designer.  [PAI-XIII, 346]

He was born Jacques Nathan and changed its name during the Second World War in Garamond, whose real name is Nathan as a middle name.

After the war, he became a graphic designer and has worked with all kinds of artistic work in progress, such as the design of posters for the UNESCO exhibition on human rights in 1949. He designed marks, packaging, book design, illustrations, posters and corporate identities. He did commercial work for companies like Mazda, Air France and Telefunken.

He was a professor at the International School and Professor at the School of Graphic Arts in Paris Penninghen.