Anton Stankowski is one of the most important Constructivists of the post-war period in Germany and is one of the driving forces behind international "Concrete Art." In every area of his wide-ranging work, which includes photography, graphic design and painting, he has set innovative standards and found artistic solutions that have lost none of their relevance to this day.

Already during his studies at the Folkwangschule in Essen, he created his first visual-functional graphics and there he also met El Lissitzky. From the Russian Constructivist he adopts the preference for pure form, that is, square, circle, line, the surface and color. For Stankowski, it was not the invention that was important, but rather a critical approach to the given circumstances. Consequently, he developed the "constructive graphic" with his innovative typographic conception and dealt scientifically with design theories. With his constructed pictorial reference systems, he demonstrates that art can become a field of practice in the periphery of the formal.
he designs the company logo for large companies, such as IDUNA, SIGNAL, SEL, VIESSMANN and IBM; furthermore the signet for DEUTSCHE BANK, REWE, Münchner RÜCK; his "functional graphics" and his "design primer" make him one of the most influential designers of the 20th century and the doyen of visual communication;