KARL GERSTNER
Karl Gerstner
1930 Basel – 2017 Basel
After high school, Karl Gerstner studies at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule (general industrial school) in Basel and makes an apprenticeship as a graphic artist from 1945 to 1950. In 1959, he founds the Gerstner+Kutter agency, an agency for advertising, graphics, and publicity. After Paul Gredinger joins them, GGK (Gerstner, Gredinger and Kutter) becomes one of the most successful Swiss advertising agencies, establishing branches in many countries.