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Typography - Wege zur Typographie. My Way to Typography. Ein Rückblick in zehn Teilen. Retrospective in Ten Sections. Dtsch.-Engl.

English, German · Paperback / Softback

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Seit den Siebzigerjahren hat Weingart die internationale Entwicklung der Typografie massgeblich beeinflusst. Ende der Sechzigerjahre verlieh er der erstarrten Schweizer Typografie neue Impulse und manifestierte die Erneuerung in seinen eigenen Arbeiten, etwa für die Typographischen Monatsblätter TM. Unzählige Gestalter sind durch Weingarts Unterricht an der Schule für Gestaltung Basel durch seine Vorträge angeregt worden. In dem Buch zeigt er einen umfassenden Überblick über seine mehrheitlich unbekannten Arbeiten aus den vergangenen vierzig Jahren. Weingart hat das Buch exemplarisch gestaltet.

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Since the 1970s Wolfgang Weingart has exerted a decisive influence on the international development of typography. In the late 1960s he instilled creativity and a desire for experimentation into the ossified Swiss typographical industry and reflected this renewal in his own work. Countless designers have been inspired by his teaching at the Basle School of Design and by his lectures. In Typography Weingart gives an unusual and frank narrative of his early life and development as a designer. For the first time he gives a comprehensive survey of his works over the past forty years, most of which are unknown.

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Authors Wolfgang Weingart
Assisted by Catherine Schelbert (Translation)
Publisher Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.05.2014
 
EAN 9783037784266
ISBN 978-3-0-3778426-6
No. of pages 520
Dimensions 226 mm x 275 mm x 38 mm
Weight 2186 g
Illustrations 450 Abb.
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design

Typografie, Typografie und Schrift, Wolfgang Weingart, Typographische Monatsblätter

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