The Architect of Visual Persuasion In the turbulent dawn of the twentieth century, a new language of communication was being forged, one that relied less on dense text and more on the visceral impact of shape, color, and symbol. At the forefront of this revolution stood Jean Carlu, a visionary French graphic designer whose work would become a cornerstone of modern visual branding and wartime propaganda. Born in 1900 into a family of architectural distinction—his brother Jacques Carlu was the mind behind the monumental Palais de Chaillot in Paris—Jean possessed an innate understanding of stru…