Thinking Yves Jose Zimmermann. 04 17 1937
Today marks of the birth of Yves Jose Zimmermann. Born in Switzerland and studied at Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel. In 1957, he went to New York to work under Will Burtin at Studio of Visual Research and Design and did corporate image design at Franzen studio of architecture. He worked for Geigy Chemical Corporation in New...
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 Peter Megert. 03 28 1937
Peter Megert was born on march 28, 1937 in Berne, Switzerland. He educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule. He also pursued his education in France and the United States. He studied design planning, communication, graphic production and filmmaking at the Ohio State University. In 1960, he established his studio, Studio M where he designed visual identities, printing...
Thinking Emil Ruder. 03 20 1914
“Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty.” Emil Ruder was born on 20 March 1914 in Zurich, Switzerland. A founder and teacher at the Basel School of Design alongside Armin Hofmann. I always wonder what Ruder would...
Thinking Hans Neuburg. 03 20 1904
Hans Neuburg was born on 20th March 1904 in Grulich, Czechoslovakia. In 1910, Neuburg became a residence in Zurich. He got some commercial apprenticeship and then in 1928, he was employed as a copywriter by Max Dalang. He worked as a freelancer before he hired by Jean Haecky in Basle as an advertising manager. In...
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 Rosmarie Tissi. 02 13 1937
Rosmarie Tissie was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland on February 13th 1937. She took one preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule and then four years apprenticeship in Zurich .Tissi share a studio with Siegfried Odermatt since 1968. Tissi’s worked have been exhibited worldwide along side with Odermatt’s work including permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art, New...
Thinking Wolfgang Weingart. 02 06 1941
“The synthesis of my work was actually the story of my life in retrospect.”
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 Film+Design by Peter von Arx
Title: Film+Design Hardcover: 292 pages Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold; First Edition edition (December 1983) Language: English / German Size: 227 x 297 mm / 9.5 x 11.9 inches “The first section of this book explains the elementary phenomena and dimensions of film according to the school program’s analytical studies. The second section is devoted to...
Thinking Werner Jeker. 12 25 1944
“Black and white is the simplest and the most radical expression.” Werner Jeker was born on December 25, in 1944 in Mumliswill, the Swiss German Canton of soleure. He apprtenchip at Hugo Welti studio and obtained of Federal grants of Applied Arts in 1968. He became a freelancers as an illustrator, graphic designer and teacher...
Thinking Max Bill. 12 22 1908
“Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art.”