company . for the genus of fungus see graphis fungi . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message graphis inc. is an international publisher of books on communication design . based in new york city graphis presents and promotes the best submitted work in graphic design advertising photography and art illustration . graphis publishes hardcover annuals including graphis design annual graphis advertising annual graphis photography annual graphis annual reports annual and graphis poster annual . other graphis books include designing chermayeff & geismar exhibition the work of socio x and graphic art of michael schwab . graphis also publishes a new talent annual that presents the best produced student work of the year providing young professionals exposure and recognition . over 350 issues of graphis magazine have also been published . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 graphis masters 4 references 5 external links history edit graphis was founded in 1944 by walter herdeg and dr. walter amstutz in zurich switzerland . in 1986 b. martin pedersen purchased the company from mr. herdeg and later moved the headquarters to new york city . the annuals were redefined and new books were added to the roster including new talent student work typography branding logo & letterhead amongst others . awards edit graphis annually invites professionals across the design communities to be considered for inclusion in their books . amongst these submissions graphis selects the most compelling work of the year for platinum gold and silver awards considerations which are featured in hardcover annuals . in addition merits and other submissions are now archived permanently at graphis website . graphis masters edit design arsonal balog james bass saul bundi stephan castelletti andrea chung hoon dong colrat pascal cronan michael cross james a. emery garry fili louise fletcher alan frost vince gericke michael glaser milton goldberg carin gottschalk ash hillman david hinrichs kit hofmann matthias ide toshiaki & ide hisa igarashi takenobu jeker werner kamekura yusaku katsui mitsuo ljubicic boris lloyd doug loesch uwe lubalin herb machado joao matsunaga shin matthies holger miyake issey m ller brockman josef nygaard finn porsche f.a. rambow gunter rand paul sagmeister stefan saito makoto sandstrom steve satoh taku scher paula schwab michael stavro astrid & mart n pablo atlas stout dj stranger & stranger tanaka ikko vanderbyl michael vignelli lella vignelli massimo wedell skolos wilker karlsson woodward fred yagi tamotsu photography bekker phil buckley dana colrat pascal diodato bill fellman sandi frankel laurie joson knopf caroline kohanim parish laita mark leutwyler henry madere john marco phil newell lennette o brien michael robert francois running john schatz howard terry heffernan turner pete watson albert weitz allan zuckerman andrew advertising krone helmut lynch carmichael ogilvy david mariucci jack volkswagen dm9 ddb fallon pat gargano amil silverstein & partners goodby lloyd doug art illustration hess mark johnson doug larsson carl billout guy blackshear thomas vasarely victor wyeth n.c. art cosgrove dan deas michael flagg james m. stahl nancy unruh jack mattos john parrish maxfield peter kraemer rockwell norman rodriguez robert schools anselmo frank sommese kristin sommese lanny devito sal pulfer adrian references edit external links edit official website 2009 design annual platinum award winners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title graphis inc. & oldid 686229705 categories art magazinesdesign magazinesgraphic designhidden categories articles lacking sources from october 2015all articles lacking sourcesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 october 2015 at 21 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view