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Manfred Hürrig
Manfred Hürrig (born in Dresden, 1937) was a german graphic designer and all-round artist.

Early Life and Education
Born in Dresden, Germany (1937) Hürrig would eventually leave the GDR in 1955 to work in Frankfurt. There he would make scenic decors for theatre productions. After that he would leave Germany. He moves and studies at the State Academy of Architecture and Visual Arts in Brussels.

Career
After his studies he would be one of the immigrants in that influenced the Graphic Design scene in Belgium.

He mostly worked for theatre productions at the National Theatre of Belgium (Brussels) where he did multiple jobs. For example; he made costume designs, designed poster for upcoming plats, he produced productions and designed decors. This comes as no surprise because when he was a young boy, Hürrig spent a lot of time in theaters and was blown away by the atmosphere behind the scenes. He not only worked for the National Theatre of Belgium but for nearly all the other theaters (at that time) in Brussels and worked on several ballets and film-productions.

Besides working for theatre-productions, Hürrig did a lot of other things too. For example he was one of the co-designers of the banknotes of famous Belgian people for the National Bank of Belgium alongside Yvon Adam, Maurice Pasternak and Anne Velghe.