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Henry
Steiner’s experience and
reputation are international.
Born in Vienna
and raised in New York, he was
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| educated at the Sorbonne
and at Yale - where he studied with
Paul Rand. He founded Steiner&Co.
in Hong Kong in 1964. |
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| A distinguished body
of work has led to professional recognition:
as president of Alliance Graphique Internationale;
fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers
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| Hong Kong Designers
Association; honorary member of Design
Austria; Fellow of the American Institute
of Graphic Arts and member of the New York Art
Directors Club. |
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| He was awarded an
honorary Doctorate by Hong Kong Baptist
University and is honorary professor
at the University of Hong Kong’s
School of Architecture and at Hong Kong
Polytechnic University’s School
of Design. |
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| Steiner has
been named Hong Kong Designer of the
Year, a World Master by Japan’s
Idea
magazine,
and was included in
Icograda’s Masters of the 20th Century in 2002. Recently, |
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he received the Hong Kong
Print Outstanding Achievement Award
and the Asia-Europe Foundation Logo
Award. |
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In
2006, he was awarded the
Golden Decoration of Honor of
the Republic of Austria for
design achievement and service
to the Austrian community in
Hong Kong. |
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He is
co-author of Cross-Cultural
Design: Communicating in the Global
Marketplace (Thames &
Hudson 1995.) A monograph on
his work, Henry
Steiner: Designer’s Life,
in Chinese,
was published in 1999. |
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