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Moholy-Nagy, L. (László). – Eisele, Petra, Isabel Naegele and Michael Lailach: (ed.): . Moholy-Nagy and the New Typography. An A-Z. Published by Kettler, 2019. Tall heavy 4to hardcover. 256 pages, richly illustrated in b/w and color. Text in English. New copy
First edition, new unopened copy. – In 1929, ten years after the Bauhaus was founded, Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau launched the exhibition “New Typography.” László Moholy-Nagy, who had left Dessau the previous year and had earned a reputation as a designer in Berlin, was invited to exhibit his work together with other artists. He designed a room—entitled “Wohin geht die typografische Entwicklung?” (“Where is typography headed?”)—where he presented 78 wall charts illustrating the development of the “New Typography” since the turn of the century and extrapolating its possible future. To create these charts, he not only used his own designs, but also included advertising prints by colleagues associated with the Bauhaus
