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Israel Today article for 75th Independence day on the use by Malka beers of Shamir posters on their labels. 21 April 2023
Towards Hanukkah 2022, Farkash Gallery in Jaffa are auctioning military posters; Five of them by the Shamir brothers. Prices range from 790 to more than 5000 dollars
David Sela presented on Channel 13 the mail poster " Post your festival greetings early" designed by the Shamir brothers in the early 1960s. He also used the poster as the header on his popular website "Nostalgia". September 2022
A collection of articles by Dr. Einat Wilf was published in the USA "Should everyone be Zionist". On the cover is a banknote by the Shamir brothers from 1958 and a portrait of Einat Wilf inspired by a Nahal soldier on the banknote.
In the Negev Holyland's 100th auction, the FDC designed by the Shamir brothers of the Negev stamp from 1950 is being offered. September 2022
At an auction at an event of the Israel Philatelic Federation five stamps designed by the Shamir brothers are offered for sale. August 2022 Update: At the sale on September 2, high prices were achieved
An article in Israel Today: "A lesson with respect" uses two JNF stamps on "Respect your teacher" designed by the Shamir brothers in 1953. July 2022
A poster exhibition from the Roni Duak collection was presented at Beit Hanna, Florentine, Tel Aviv. Inc works by the Shamir brothers, Otte Wallish, Franz Krauss, Yochanan Simon and Rudy Deutsch Dayan. May 2022
The editor of "Fri-Sat" of "Israel Today" chose a poster by the Shamir brothers to illustrate an article by Yair Nitzani on the deterioration of the status of the Hebrew language. Dec 2021
In the book "The Collection of the Century" on the Central Zionist Archive centenary the authors wrote about the Shamir brothers: "Their graphic work was integrated into the life of the country on the way and in the first decades of the country."
The Shamir poster "The Best for Pilots" opens Ofer Aderet's column in Haaretz in memory of the pilot Shabtai Gilboa, who modeled for the poster. "The designers, enlisted for the mission and Gilboa became famous overnight," Aderet writes. 11/2021
The pilot Shabtai Gilboa (87), who modeled for the poster "The Best for Pilots" 1962 by the Shamir brothers, passed away. Gilboa finished his service in the Air Force with the rank of colonel and moved to El Al as captain. Nov 2021
A Shamir brothers poster for the International Workers' Day 1952 appears in a traveling exhibition in schools about the status of women in the Land of Israel, November 2021
The "Good Words" exhibition by the Shenkar Center for Design Research will open at the Old City Museum in Jaffa on November 19. It will include five 1950s posters designed by the Shamir brothers.
" Post your holidays greetings early" - a poster, designed by the Shamir brothers for the Israel Post, appears in "Israel Today", half a page in the "70 Years After" section, edited by David Sela. Sep 2021
A 1938 poster by Shamir brothers for the Israeli maritime authority has recently been discovered.
The figures from the 1958 Shamir designed banknotes on the dining room wall of Kibbutz Ginosar
A souvenir album presented by the Shamir brothers to the Minister of Postal services, Mordechai Nurock, with stamps designed by them. Offered for sale by Kedem, July 2021
A new book edited by Yoram Shamir: "In Shamir brothers' Footsteps" - 47 stories with illustrations by Daria Moses. has been added to our website. July 2021
A Shamir brother poster on the occasion of the appearance of a new newspaper for new immigrants "Omer" [says] appears in David Sela's section in "Israel Today July 21

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Air power paper on the 50th anniversary to the start of the six day war in June 1967

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The Dado centre for the Interdisciplinary Military Studies

On the cover - a 1962 poster of the Shamir brothers for the Philatelic Service.
Take Notes, Yigal Arkin, Or Ve Zeva Ltd. 2001
City Gallery Kfar Saba, 2017

What a Wonderful Country! Posters Designed by the Shamir Brothers 1936-1970,
City Gallery Kfar Saba, 2017
Nationality in the Wallet

The cover of the book "Nationality in the Wallet" was painted by Ido Marcus, inspired by a 50-pound note by the Shamir brothers
Calcalist cover 14.4.21

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On the cover of Calcalist 14.4.21 is an illustration that is an imitation of a Shamir brother poster for the 50s harvest. The illustrator Daniel Goldfarb changed the workers' figures to the figures of high-tech workers and the oranges to apples of gold
Book cover design taken from a Shamir ad.

"1949 - The First Israelis" by Tom Segev, Domino Publishing House 1984. The cover was designed by David Tartakover (later Israel Prize laureate). The figure was taken by Tartakover - without permission and without credit - from an ad designed by the Shamir brothers in 1950 for the Bejarano brothers' Reudor cigarettes.
Cover of the book "We" by MK Shelly Yachimovitch

Cover of the book "We" by MK Shelly Yachimovitch, Am Oved, 2012. Illustration taken - without permission - from the front of the 50 lira banknote designed by Shamir Brothers in 1959. Credit for the image given to Shamir brothers and for the cover design to Yehuda Deri.
Without permision or credit - Nahal soldier

Nahal soldier, carrying a basket of oranges, decorated the Bank of Israel banknote of half a Lira in 1959 of. Shamir Brothers designed the obverse (front) sides of the banknotes of this series. This female soldier

has been brought back to service on the cover of a new book "Forward to fulfillment" by Yiftah Ashkenazi published by Hargol Plus in January 2014. The publisher did not ask for or recieve permission from the Shamir Brothers' heirs or give credit to the Shamir brothers. Credit was given (twice) to the cover designer Itamar Lahav - Radlmesser . The designer chose to use an image of a used and worn banknote, to express the " sweeping changes in society from the middle of the last century to the present". Jonathan Nadav wrote to Yoram Shamir that Hargol and partners express our apologies for this mishap . This is not the way to make use of intellectual property without asking permission.
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Book Cover "Living Bridge" by Mordechai Naor, Design: Amram Prat - Ministry of Defence Publishing 1993
Israel Maritime League - The Logo that was designed by Shamir appears on the cover of the monthly magazine that started in 1945.

We have been told that Shamir brothers worked with the publishers and created some/many of the magazines' covers and possibly some of the illustrations inside - but none have been found.
Book Cover "Full Stomach", edited by Aviad Kleinberg, Crown Publishing 2005

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book Cover "Survivor. Perception of death between the world wars in Israel and Italy" by Uri S. Cohen, wrestling 2007

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Book Cover "Law of Return" by Naama Carmi, Design: Yael Bar - Dayan, Tel Aviv University publishing - 2013
Book Cover "Successful Fundraising" Matg'on Flngan, Design: Tamir Lahav - Radlmesser, published Shufra for quality literature 2001

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers

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Book cover taken by its designer from artwork by the Shamir brothers
Cover of Dvar Hashavu'ah weekly supplement from 1953.

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Using Shamir 1st May Histadrut poster