Container Corporation of America

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Container Corporation of America was a pioneering American packaging company renowned for its innovative modernist graphic design and influential corporate identity campaigns in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf American company
packaging company
acquiredBy Jefferson Smurfit Corporation
activeInPeriod mid-20th century
associatedWith Bauhaus-influenced design
category defunct companies of the United States
packaging companies of the United States
collaboratedWith Charles Eames
György Kepes
Herbert Bayer
John Massey
Lester Beall
László Moholy-Nagy
Ray Eames
Will Burtin
country United States
employed Charles Eames
György Kepes
Herbert Bayer
John Massey
Lester Beall
László Moholy-Nagy
Ray Eames
Will Burtin
focus corrugated shipping containers
paperboard containers
foundedBy Walter Paepcke
founder Walter Paepcke
headquartersLocation Chicago
Illinois
United States
industry containerboard manufacturing
corrugated containers
packaging
influenced American corporate design
corporate identity design
knownFor Great Ideas of Western Man advertising campaign
corporate identity campaigns
modernist graphic design
notableCampaign Great Ideas of Western Man
parentCompany Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
promoted modern art in advertising
sponsored Great Ideas of Western Man poster series
usedDesignStyle International Typographic Style
modernism
usedMedium magazine advertisements
posters

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Walter Paepcke employer Container Corporation of America