Menu Design: Then and Now

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Sep. 24, 2011 Food & Drink

Jim Heimann is a noted graphic designer in Los Angeles. He edited Taschen's Menu Design in America: 1850-1985.

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Credits

Host:

Evan Kleiman

Producers:

Gillian Ferguson, Laryl Garcia, Candace Moyer, Harriet Ells

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