Hilla had been trained first as a photographer in Potsdam, while Bernd had
studied typographic design and painting in Stuttgart, before both enrolled at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf (he in 1957, she in 1958),
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study of important avant - garde and graphic
design movements starting with the Industrial Revolution through the 20th century including: Futurism, Dada, Constructivism, De Stijl, the influence of the Bauhaus and the New Typography, the rise of the modern movement in America, pre and post-war
design in Switzerland and Italy, the International
Typographic Style, the New York School, corporate identity, postmodernism and more.