Celestino Piatti

Celestino Piatti (1922–2007) was a Swiss graphic designer and illustrator. From 1938 to 1942, he trained as a graphic artist in Zurich. He became particularly known for designing more than 6,300 book covers for the Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv), beginning in 1961. Piatti also designed posters, postage stamps and sculptures, and worked as an author and caricaturist. His distinctive style, characterized by black outlines and bold colors, remained recognizable across different media. His work received several awards.