Recommended close study of Jan Tschichold’s work as perhaps the first typographic modernist. Includes historical details, several reproductions of his work, letters, and a foreword by Robin Kinross
London: Hyphen Press, 2007. Large very heavy hardcover, no jacket as issued. 334 pages. Richly illustrated, mainly in color. Text in English. Minor shelfwear and upper right corners vey lightly dented else a clean and fine copy
First edition
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In 1949 Max Bill organized an exhibition of modern design called “die gute form” on behalf of the swiss werkbund (swb). in the years 1952-1968 the label “die gute form” was used by the swiss werkbund to promote “good design”. This is the original exhibition catalogue of a 1954 exhibition in zürich and winterthur
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First edition attractive copy of FORM – Eine Bilanz uber die Formentwicklung um die Mitte des XX. Jahrhunderts / A Balance Sheet of Mid-Twentieth-Century Trends in Design / Un Bilan de l’Evolution de la Forme au Milieu du XXe Siecle. 168 pp. Illustrated. Text in German, English and French
Black Mountain: An Interdisciplinary Experiment, 1933 – 1957, on Anni & Josef Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, R. Buckminster Fuller, Charles Olson a.m.o. Spector Books, 2019. 464 pages, with black-and-white reproductions throughout. New copy.
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Published by Harry N Abrams Inc, New York (1991), reissue of the 1957 classic children’s book, and classic in mid-century graphic design.
