Fritz Kahn

Dr. Fritz Kahn was a gynaecologist in Berlin and a world-famous popular science writer who illustrated the form and function of the human body with spectacular, modern man-machine analogies.

In the 1930s, his books were banned and burned by the Nazis, then edited by Kahn’s publisher and reissued as plagiarisms with a superimposed anti-Semitic chapter.

To this day, creative professionals all over the globe are inspired by the images Kahn’s staff produced for his books almost 100 years ago. Many adapt his inimitable metaphoric approach for their own contemporary interpretations.

The aim of the illustrated monograph "Fritz Kahn- Man Machine" is to popularize his unique works again and to show why and how this valuable part of German cultural history is still alive today.

This first-ever monograph on Fritz Kahn was conceived as a premium coffee-table book, since Kahn himself thought, spoke, and wrote in images. Professional illustrators executed his exceptional image ideas in various styles of modernism. As you can see by the front cover and title of his book you can see how he incorporates technology into humans.