Swiss graphic design and typography magazine, subtitled “Zeitschrift für Schriftsatz, Gestaltung, Sprache, Druck und Weiterverarbeitung – Revue pour la composition, la conception graphique, la langue, l’impression et l’apprêt”. Herausgegeben von der Gewerkschaft Druck und Papier zur Förderung der Berufsbildung – Editée par le Syndicat du livre et du papier pour l’éducation professionnelle. The Typografische Monatsblätter was one of the most important journals to successfully disseminate the phenomenon of Swiss typography to an international audience, as well as spread the burgeoning ideas of the New Wave style. In existence for almost eighty years, the journal was a vital forum for concepts and discussion. Throughout these years, the Swiss typographic journal witnessed significant moments in the history of typography and graphic design
Gürtler, Andre. – Hostettler, Rudolf (ed.):. Typographische Monatsblätter (TM) Schweizer Graphische Mitteilungen no 1, 1966. St. Gallen: Zollikofer / Schweizerischer Typographenbund Bern 1966. 4to complete in original magazine wraps. (98) pages. Illustrated throughout. Only minor wear to spine and overall a very well preserved and clean complete copy of this classic issue
1. ed. Andre Gürtler cover
This publication documents Bill’s initiative in reproductions of the original display panels and layout plans for the venues visited by the exhibition, and places Die gute Form in a theoretical context that considers its reception and impact within the history of design. The international touring exhibition Die gute Form was conceived by Max Bill on behalf of the Swiss Werkbund and was shown for the first time in 1949 at the Basel Mustermesse trade fair. The exhibition consisted of 80 display panels, designed by Bill presenting a selection of consumer goods from all over the world chosen by Bill as examples of good design
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Excellent survey covering all aspects of the influential British Rail design initiated in the 1960s. The author was Director of Industrial Design, British Railways Board, 1966 to 1986
Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison: Super Normal. Sensations of the Ordinary. Zurich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2020. Small softcover. 128 pages, 264 illustrations. New copy.
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No Beginning, No End situates Max Bill within the context of his cultural moment. With more than two hundred illustrations of works by Bill and his contemporaries,
