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'''Niels Hartzack Hartmann''' (9 April 1932–1978) was a Danish [[Wikipedia:Graphic designer|graphic designer]]. He worked with [[the LEGO Group]] from the late 1960s designing packaging and catalogues.
'''Niels Hartzack Hartmann''' (9 April 1932–1978) was a Danish [[Wikipedia:Graphic designer|graphic designer]]. He worked with [[the LEGO Group]] during the late 1960s and 1970s designing packaging and catalogues.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Niels Hartmann was born on 9 April 1932 in the [[Wikipedia:Hellerup|Hellerup]] district of [[Wikipedia:Gentofte Municipality|Gentofte Municipality]], Denmark. He was the third child of Svend Hartzack Hartmann and Elna Tilling, and was considered to be part of the seventh generation of the Danish-Norwegian Hartmann family.<ref name=Fabritius/> He was educated in art at the [[Wikipedia:Danmarks Designskole|School of Arts and Crafts]]{{efn|{{lang-da|Kunsthåndværkerskolen}}, also called the School of Arts, Crafts and Industrial Design;<ref name="Bernsen"/> known since 1991 as the Danish Design School ({{lang-da|Danmarks Designskole}}).<ref name=dkds/>}} in [[Wikipedia:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] from 1946–1950. In 1950 he established the studio Hartmann Design with his older brother Jørgen Hartzack, who was also a graphic designer.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/><ref name=Cooper/> Niels moved his work to [[Wikipedia:Helsingborg|Helsingborg]] in [[Wikipedia:Skåne|Skåne]], Sweden in 1958, to the Danish island [[Wikipedia:Als (island)|Als]] in 1959, and to [[Wikipedia:Malmö|Malmö]] in Skåne again from 1960–1963. From 1963–1964 he worked with advertiser Thomas Bergsøe, then with Morten Peetz-Schou from 1965–1966; he was a freelancer at the Danish Agricultural Marketing Board's advertising department.<ref name="DLPS Arcodan"/><ref name="DLPS Lego"/>
Niels Hartmann was born on 9 April 1932 in the [[Wikipedia:Hellerup|Hellerup]] district of [[Wikipedia:Gentofte Municipality|Gentofte Municipality]], Denmark. He was the third child of Svend Hartzack Hartmann and Elna Tilling, and was considered to be part of the seventh generation of the Danish-Norwegian Hartmann family.<ref name=Fabritius/> He was educated in art at the [[Wikipedia:Danmarks Designskole|School of Arts and Crafts]]{{efn|{{lang-da|Kunsthåndværkerskolen}}, also called the School of Arts, Crafts and Industrial Design;<ref name="Bernsen"/> known since 1991 as the Danish Design School ({{lang-da|Danmarks Designskole}}).<ref name=dkds/>}} in [[Wikipedia:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] from 1946–1950. In 1950 he established the studio Hartmann Design with his older brother Jørgen Hartzack, who was also a graphic designer.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/><ref name=Cooper/> Niels moved his work to [[Wikipedia:Helsingborg|Helsingborg]] in [[Wikipedia:Skåne|Skåne]], Sweden in 1958, to the Danish island [[Wikipedia:Als (island)|Als]] in 1959, and to [[Wikipedia:Malmö|Malmö]] in Skåne again from 1960–1963. From 1963–1964 he worked with advertiser Thomas Bergsøe, then with Morten Peetz-Schou from 1965–1966; he was a freelancer at the Danish Agricultural Marketing Board's advertising department.<ref name="DLPS Arcodan"/><ref name="DLPS Lego"/>


Starting in the late 1960s Hartmann was involved in [[Dot Zero Designgroup]], a studio co-owned by the LEGO Group.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/> In 1967 he became a member of [[Wikipedia:Alliance Graphique Internationale|Alliance Graphique Internationale]]; he was the first Danish member who became an established designer after [[Wikipedia:World War II|World War II]].<ref name="AGI Niels"/> That same year he opened his own studio in Copenhagen, Niels Hartmann Industriel-grafik A/S, which he operated until his death in 1978.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/><ref name="Vem ar det 1995"/> Some of Hartmann's employees who were co-designers for LEGO include [[Rolf Lagersson]] and Folkmar Roll.
Starting in the late 1960s Hartmann was involved in [[Dot Zero Designgroup]], a studio co-owned by the LEGO Group.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/> In 1967 he became a member of [[Wikipedia:Alliance Graphique Internationale|Alliance Graphique Internationale]]; he was the first Danish member who became an established designer after [[Wikipedia:World War II|World War II]].<ref name="AGI Niels"/> That same year he opened his own studio in Copenhagen, Niels Hartmann Industriel-grafik A/S, which he operated until his death in 1978.<ref name="DLPS Lego"/><ref name="Vem ar det 1995"/>


Some sources co-credit him as redesigning the LEGO logo with Rolf Lagersson in 1972, used from 1973–1998.<ref name="Lego history"/>
Some of Hartmann's employees who were co-designers for LEGO include [[Rolf Lagersson]] and Folkmar Roll.<ref name="Photographis 69"/> Some sources co-credit him as redesigning the LEGO logo with Rolf Lagersson in 1972, used from 1973–1998.<ref name="Lego history"/>


== Gallery of works ==
== Gallery of works ==
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<ref name="Bernsen">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/professiondesign0000unse/mode/2up?q=Kunsth%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rkerskolen&view=theater |title=Profession: Designer |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Danish Design Center|Dansk Design Center]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] |year=1988 |editor-first1=Jens |editor-last1=Bernsen |editor-first2=Birgitta |editor-last2=Capetillo |isbn=87-87385-40-6 |type=Search results for "Kunsthåndværkerskolen"}}</ref>
<ref name="Bernsen">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/professiondesign0000unse/mode/2up?q=Kunsth%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rkerskolen&view=theater |title=Profession: Designer |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Danish Design Center|Dansk Design Center]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] |year=1988 |editor-first1=Jens |editor-last1=Bernsen |editor-first2=Birgitta |editor-last2=Capetillo |isbn=87-87385-40-6 |type=Search results for "Kunsthåndværkerskolen"}}</ref>


<ref name=Cooper>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/WorldOfLogotypes/page/n48/mode/1up?view=theater |title=World of Logotypes: Trademark Encyclopedia Volume 2<!--mislabelled as vol 1--> |last=Cooper |first=Al |isbn=978-0-91015-834-3 |publisher=Art Direction Book Co |year=1978 |page=H-23}}</ref>
<ref name=Cooper>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/WorldOfLogotypes/page/n49/mode/1up?view=theater |title=World of Logotypes: Trademark Encyclopedia Volume 2<!--mislabelled as vol 1--> |last=Cooper |first=Al |isbn=978-0-91015-834-3 |publisher=Art Direction Book Co |year=1978 |page=H-23}}</ref>


<ref name=dkds>{{cite web |url=http://www.dkds.dk/skolen/Skolens_Historie |title=History - The Danish Design School |date=26 January 2011 |website=The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719122517/http://www.dkds.dk/skolen/Skolens_Historie |archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>
<ref name=dkds>{{cite web |url=http://www.dkds.dk/skolen/Skolens_Historie |title=History - The Danish Design School |date=26 January 2011 |website=The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719122517/http://www.dkds.dk/skolen/Skolens_Historie |archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>
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<ref name="Lego history">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/f-a-modern-international-company |title=A modern, international company – LEGO History |website=[[LEGO.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731120752/https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/f-a-modern-international-company |archive-date=31 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="Lego history">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/f-a-modern-international-company |title=A modern, international company – LEGO History |website=[[LEGO.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731120752/https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/f-a-modern-international-company |archive-date=31 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="Photographis 69">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0803857500/page/222/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Photographis '69 |year=1969 |editor-first=Walter |editor-last=Herdeg |publisher=Hastings House |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |isbn=0-8038-5750-0 |pages=222–223}}</ref>


<ref name="Vem ar det 1995">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0628.html |title=Lagersson, Rolf H |encyclopedia=[[Wikipedia:sv:Vem är det|Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok]] |trans-encyclopedia=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook |language=sv |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Norstedts förlag|Norstedts förlag]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]] |edition=1995 |year=1994 |editor-first1=Hans |editor-last1=Uddling |editor-first2=Katrin |editor-last2=Paabo |page=628 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805054837/https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0628.html |archive-date=5 August 2024 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Project Runeberg|Project Runeberg]] |isbn=91-1-943202-X |issn=0347-3341}}</ref>
<ref name="Vem ar det 1995">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0628.html |title=Lagersson, Rolf H |encyclopedia=[[Wikipedia:sv:Vem är det|Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok]] |trans-encyclopedia=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook |language=sv |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Norstedts förlag|Norstedts förlag]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]] |edition=1995 |year=1994 |editor-first1=Hans |editor-last1=Uddling |editor-first2=Katrin |editor-last2=Paabo |page=628 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805054837/https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0628.html |archive-date=5 August 2024 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Project Runeberg|Project Runeberg]] |isbn=91-1-943202-X |issn=0347-3341}}</ref>

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Niels Hartmann
Born(1932-04-09)9 April 1932
Gentofte, Hovedstade, Denmark
Died1978(1978-00-00) (aged 45–46)
EducationKunsthåndværkerskolen
OccupationGraphic designer
Years active1950–1978

Niels Hartzack Hartmann (9 April 1932–1978) was a Danish graphic designer. He worked with the LEGO Group during the late 1960s and 1970s designing packaging and catalogues.

Biography

Niels Hartmann was born on 9 April 1932 in the Hellerup district of Gentofte Municipality, Denmark. He was the third child of Svend Hartzack Hartmann and Elna Tilling, and was considered to be part of the seventh generation of the Danish-Norwegian Hartmann family.[1] He was educated in art at the School of Arts and Crafts[note 1] in Copenhagen from 1946–1950. In 1950 he established the studio Hartmann Design with his older brother Jørgen Hartzack, who was also a graphic designer.[4][5] Niels moved his work to Helsingborg in Skåne, Sweden in 1958, to the Danish island Als in 1959, and to Malmö in Skåne again from 1960–1963. From 1963–1964 he worked with advertiser Thomas Bergsøe, then with Morten Peetz-Schou from 1965–1966; he was a freelancer at the Danish Agricultural Marketing Board's advertising department.[6][4]

Starting in the late 1960s Hartmann was involved in Dot Zero Designgroup, a studio co-owned by the LEGO Group.[4] In 1967 he became a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale; he was the first Danish member who became an established designer after World War II.[7] That same year he opened his own studio in Copenhagen, Niels Hartmann Industriel-grafik A/S, which he operated until his death in 1978.[4][8]

Some of Hartmann's employees who were co-designers for LEGO include Rolf Lagersson and Folkmar Roll.[9] Some sources co-credit him as redesigning the LEGO logo with Rolf Lagersson in 1972, used from 1973–1998.[10]

Gallery of works

  • Set no. 114 packaging, 1966

    Set no. 114 packaging, 1966

  • Set no. 332 packaging, 1967

    Set no. 332 packaging, 1967

  • Set no. 335 packaging, 1967

    Set no. 335 packaging, 1967

  • Set no. 118 "Electronic Train" packaging, 1968

    Set no. 118 "Electronic Train" packaging, 1968

  • Set no. 120 packaging, 1968

    Set no. 120 packaging, 1968

  • Set no. 720 packaging, 1969

    Set no. 720 packaging, 1969

  • Set no. 720 packaging (opened), 1969

    Set no. 720 packaging (opened), 1969

  • Legoland cars packaging, 1970–1971

    Legoland cars packaging, 1970–1971

Notes

  1. ↑ Danish: Kunsthåndværkerskolen, also called the School of Arts, Crafts and Industrial Design;[2] known since 1991 as the Danish Design School (Danish: Danmarks Designskole).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fabritius, Albert (1945). Slægterne Hartmann i Danmark og Norge [The Hartmann families in Denmark and Norway] (PDF) (in dansk). København: Generalkonsul Hjalmar Hartmann. p. 63. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-08-06 – via Danskernes Historie Online.
  2. ↑ Bernsen, Jens; Capetillo, Birgitta, eds. (1988). Profession: Designer (Search results for "Kunsthåndværkerskolen"). Copenhagen: Dansk Design Center. ISBN 87-87385-40-6.
  3. ↑ "History - The Danish Design School". The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "LEGO". Danish Logo Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21.
  5. ↑ Cooper, Al (1978). World of Logotypes: Trademark Encyclopedia Volume 2. Art Direction Book Co. p. H-23. ISBN 978-0-91015-834-3.
  6. ↑ "Arcodan". Danish Logo Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Niels Hartmann, Denmark (1967)". Alliance Graphique Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). "Lagersson, Rolf H". Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook] (in svenska) (1995 ed.). Stockholm: Norstedts förlag. p. 628. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. ISSN 0347-3341. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024 – via Project Runeberg.
  9. ↑ Herdeg, Walter, ed. (1969). Photographis '69. New York: Hastings House. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8038-5750-0.
  10. ↑ "A modern, international company – LEGO History". LEGO.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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