Thinking Saul Bass. 05 08 1920
“Visual communication is inconceivable without knowledge of graphic transmission and analysis of fundamental structures.”
Thinking Gielijn Escher. 04 22 1945
Gieljn Escher was born in Oegstgeest, a town in the province of South Holland, on 22 April 1945. Gielijn was exposed with graphic design at the age of five. Gielijn started to collect orange-wrappers and create labels. He admired the work Jan Bons, Dick Elffers, Nicolaas Wijnberg, Herbert Leupin and Raymond Savignac. He started with...
Thinking Rudolf de Harak. 04 10 1924
“The designer’s constant intention is to create and communicate within a framework of aesthetic standards that clarifies information and enriches its meaning.” Rudolf de Harak studied commercial art at the New York School of Industrial Arts . After he graduated, he was drafted into the infantry for World War II. After the war, he apprenticeship...
Thinking Jan Tschichold. 04 02 1902
Jan Tschicchold was born on the April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig, Germany. He studied at the Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig and the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresen. In 1921, at age of 18, Tschichold taught typography and lettering at the Meisterschule fur Deutschlands Buchdrucker in Munich. His book, Die nue Typographie became one...
Thinking Colin Forbes. 06 03 1928
Colin Forbes was born on March 6, 1928 in London, England. He studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and while he studied there he worked as an assistant of Herbert Spencer. At the end of the semester he worked as a freelancer. He also worked as an art director with an advertising...
Thinking Paul Schuitema. 02 27 1897
“The task of the designer is much more oriented to organization than draughtmanship.”
Thinking Peter Von Arx. 06 11 1936
Peter von Arx was born in Basel Switzerland on June 11, 1936. From 1953 to 1957, Arx Studied Graphic Arts-Lithography and continued his studies at Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel until 1961. He became a freelance graphic designer and started to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule in 1964. He became an instructor for lithography, offset printing, letter form and color....
Thinking Hans Rudolf Bosshard. 01 25 1929
I set strong rules for myself – and love the architecture of the Baroque. I fundamentally think rationally – but love the strange and the absurd. I love wit – but hate people’s grin. I appreciate clarity and transparency – but publish a book under a pseudonym. I often approach typography like a concrete painting...
Thinking Fred Troller. 12 12 1930
Fred Troller was bron in Zurich on December 12, 1930. In 1950, Troller graduated from the Zurich School of design. He began his career as a teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich. In 1954, he worked for the motion picture producer Lois de Rochemont. In the 1960, he worked for Geigy Chemical Corporation as design director...
Thinking Hans Hartmann. 12 10 1913
Hans Hartmann was born on December 10, 1913 in Villnachern , Switzerland. He started his career working in the advertising office of the Bally shoe factories at Schonenwerd from 1928 to 1930. in 1931, He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich for 4 years. In 1938, he opened his own studio in Berne and moved...
Thinking Romano Chicherio. 11 26 1933
Romano Chicherio was born on 26 November, 1933 in Thun Switzerland. He studied architecture at Ecole technique superieure Lugano. He started his career as an architect. After he had been working for 5 years , he changed his career as an Art director in a studio where specialized in press publicity. In 1963, he founded...
Thinking Wim Crouwel. 11 21 1928
” We sometimes discover something very elementary through the most individual expression, while very fundamental visual research could lead to an unexpected grade of expression.” Wim Crouwel was born on November 21, 1928 in Groningen, Netherlands. Crouwel was trained at the Academy of Arts and Crafts Grningen and the Institute for Arts and Crafts Amsterdam....