6 Degrees of Seperation

 Reid Miles 

https://viljamis.com/2015/the-iconic-work-of-reid-miles/
Born in Chicago, 1927
Hired by Francis Wolff of Blue Note around 1955 to design album covers 
Best known and celebrated for his Blue Note designs in the 1950s and 1960s

Max Huber 

https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2010/02/16/max-huber-maxieland-jazz-.html
Born in Switzerland, 1919
Began his career in 1936 
Celebrated for his jazz covers, posters and magazines
Encyclopedia of Jazz cover Messaggerie Musicali, 1952
Between 1942 and 1944 he spent time with the members of the Alliance Association of Modern Swiss Artists in Zurich, a group of modern Swiss artists led by Max Bill formed in 1937

Max Bill 

https://www.bauhaus100.com/the-bauhaus/people/students/max-bill/
Born in Switzerland, 1908
An artist, architect, industrial designer, graphic designer, and teacher
Studied at the Bauhaus School before forming Alliance Association of Modern Swiss Artists
widely considered the single most decisive influence on Swiss graphic design beginning in the 1950s

Wolfgang Weingart

https://www.typographicposters.com/wolfgang-weingart
Born in 1941 in Germany near the Swiss border of Germany
The father of New Wave Design / Swiss Punk Typography - a break or natural progression of the Swiss Style. Sans-serif font still predominates, but the New Wave differs from its predecessor by stretching the limits of legibility.

Dan Friedman

https://thenewwavetype.wordpress.com/tag/new-wave-typography/
Born in Cleveland, 1945 
Dan Friedman was a student under Wolfgang Weingart whilst Weingart taught in United States of America.
He often referred to himself as a radical modernist to differentiate himself from the constraints of Modernism and the post-modern label.
He is a contributor to the journal Typographische Monatsblätter, for which he designed a series of covers.

Mike Joyce

https://www.stereotypenyc.com/

Mike Joyce moved to New York City’s East Village in 1994 and was incredibly influenced by the art scene there
In 2012 Mike launched Swissted, a personal project combining his love of Swiss graphic design and punk rock by redesigning vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie rock show flyers into hundreds of vivid International Typographic Style posters.
He founded Stereotype Design, a one-man studio specialising in album covers which eventually led to work with developing labels and, later down the line, big record companies like Sony, Capitol, Columbia and others, even Blue Note.