Robert Massin

Robert Massin was a French designer, well-known for his book designing career that took off shortly after WWII. Massin's designs were known for choosing the type to go along with the context, as well as the entire design of the book. He was an art director of Editions Gallimard, a famous French publisher. He wrote many books, and his interpretations of other books or plays were very inventive and very well-known.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Massin

Max Bill

Max Bill studied as a silversmith from 1924 to 1927 at Zurich "Kunstgewerbeschule", where he would later become a teacher. He later moved to Zurich, where he became quite versatile, working on architect, painter, graphic artist, sculpturist, and product designer. But he most liked painting, starting with mostly landscapes and portraits, but then later forming his own style that consisted of mostly geometric shapes and was very abstract. Bill was a member of Abstraction-Création from 1932-1936. He held his first gallery in 1933. He became the head architect of Bilden und Gestalten at the Swiss national exhibition in Lausanne, in 1964. Bill taught environmental design at Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste" in Hamburg.

http://www.max-bill.com

Massimo Vignelli

Massimo Vignelli was a famous graphic/industrial designer, born in Milan, Italy. He studies architecture in Milan in the early 1950s and then started his career working as a designer at Venini Glass in Venice. In 1957, he married Lella Valle in 1957, who he also worked with for many years. They shortly moved to America, where he taught at the Institute of Design, Illinois. He also joined the Container Corporation of America as a designer. He later formed is own firm, Vignelli Associates, in New York, in 1971. Vegnelli was a founding member of Unimark International Corporation. He designed logos for large companies like American Airlines, J.C. Penney, United States National Park Service, even the New York transit systems map, Knoll Associates, just to name a few. 

Max Huber

Max Huber was a Swiss graphic designer. At age 17 he enrolled at Zurich School of Arts and Crafts. Huber moved to Milan at age 21, and was immediately hired by Antonio Boggeri, after he saw Huber's professional, but hand-drawn business card. At the beginning of World War II, Huber was forced to return home to Switzerland, but after his experience In Milan at Studio Boggeri, he returned as quickly as possible and after the war he moved there permanently. He had always worked as a freelance designer and loved to take on new challenges. He designed pieces for the Monza races, sporting events, jazz record covers, and book series that are still well-known today. He continued working and designing until his death in Switzerland, November 16, 1992. 

Paul Rand

Paul Rand is a famous American graphic designer, who was especially know for his branding and logos. He went to the Pratt Institute from 1929 to 1932, the Parsons School of Design from 1932 to 1933, and the Art Students League from 1933 to 1934. His original name was Peretz Rosenbaum, but early in his career decided to shorten it to Paul Rand. He took on the job of art director for Esquire-Coronet magazines at only 23, but at first refusing, saying he did not attain the skills yet for the job, but then accepting a year later. He became most famous for the cooperate logos he designed in the 50s and 60s, he designed for IBM, ABC, Cummins Engine, Westinghouse, and UPS, just to name a few. Even in his later years, teamed up with Steve Jobs on a NeXT Computer project. Designer Louis Danziger was quoted that he thought of Rand as the designer who almost singlehandedly made graphic design a career, transforming these artists to designers and making a name for this career. 

http://www.paul-rand.com/foundation/biography/#.VBCkOEvxTwI

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister started off his career at a young age of 15, writing for a small magazine, in Bregenz, Austria, but discovered his passion for design when he quickly realized he enjoyed working on the layouts of the magazine, rather than the writing. He earned his M.F.A at University of Applied Arts in Vienna, then received a scholarship for Pratt Institute in New York. He was hired on at M&Co five years later. After working there, Sagmeister started into CD cover design, quickly making a name for himself, and keeping up his reputation for innovation and whiplash designs, and received two Grammy Awards for his design covers. In 2012, he renamed his company Sagmeister & Walsh after naming 25-year-old Jessica Walsh his new partner, where he remains today. 

http://www.aiga.org/medalist-stefan-sagmeister/

Neville Brody

Neville Brody is an English design from London, where he also studied for three years at the London College of Printing. He later worked as a art director for The Face magazine where he gained quite an amount of popularity. He then formed Neville Brody Studios, which is now known as Research Studios, which has become a very successful design firm with offices in London, Paris, Berlin, and Barcelona. He became an original, founding member of the company Fontworks. Through his career he has created more than 20 typefaces.

http://www.designishistory.com/1980/neville-brody/

Wolfgang Weingart

Wolfgang Weingart is from Germany, near the Swiss border. Weingart attended a 2- year program at Merz Academy in Stuttgart, then taking up an apprenticeship as a typesetter. After the 3-year apprenticeship, he enrolled at the Swiss school Basel School of Design, where he met other famous designers, such as Armin Hofmann and Emil Ruder. He then was picked, a few years later, by those two very designers to teach a typography class at the school. Weingart became known as an incredible teacher, and very influential to all of his students. He is credit to be "the father" of New Wave or Swiss Punk typography. In 2013, he was awarded the AIGA medal, highest in his profession, and in 2014 was awarded the Swiss Grand Prix of Design award.

http://www.aiga.org/medalist-wolfgang-weingart/

Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische is an letterer, illustrator, and type designer. She started her career off working for Headcase Design in Philadelphia, after graduating from the Tyler School of Art. She then went to work for Louise Fili Ltd. for two and a half years, then moving on to focus more on freelance design. She has designed many different book covers, packaging, and has been featured in Forbes magazine. She has worked with Tiffany & Co, McSweeneys, Target, Nike, American Express, and Samsung, just to name a few well-known companies. She now works at her own studio with her partner Erik Marnovich, in San Francisco.

http://nocountryforyoungwomen.com/2010/08/jessica-typographer-illustrator-creative-virtuoso/

Erik Spiekermann

Erik Spiekermann is a famous German graphic designer and typographer, who has written many books, articles about typography, is the head of the company FontShop, and was an original partner in the design firm MetaDesign, which is the largest in Germany, with locations in San Francisco, London, and Berlin, as well. He has been a part of many different design boards, as well as receiving the Gerrit Noordzij Award from the Royal Academy in Den Haag in 2003. He retired from MetaDesign and started his own company, called Edenspiekermann, which also has several offices around the world. He is now a professor at the University of the Arts in Bremen. 

http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/designer/erik_spiekermann/

Wim Crouwel Reflection

Wim Crouwell's interview was very interesting in the fact that he says he is jealous, but at the same time does not envy the design of our generation at all. He makes a good point that with all the different types of design and the limitless decisions, it is very hard to find our own way in design; the variation makes finding your design preferences and coming up with your own ideas. He makes the point that the creativity is endless, which we see every day. Today's designers are so incredibly talented, making it hard to make your own mark in the design world.