Keywords: International Typographic Style

Guiding questions:

  • What does design thinking mean when applied to “Modern Typography” ?
  • What does it mean when design leads vs. follows other cultural trends?
  • How does Zeitgeist influence, or is effected by, design thinking?

 

Functional graphics for science

New Swiss sans-serif typefaces

Design in Basel and Zurich, 363

The International Typographic Style in America

Key Terms (in order of appearance; the first page number of their appearance is

listed)

The International Typographic Style, page 356

Art Concret or Art Concrete, page 356

Art Concret, Van Doesburg

Semiotics, page 357

Semantics, page 357

Syntactics, page 358

Pragmatics, page 358

Tectonic element, page 360

Univers, page 361, (Figs. 18-13 and 18-14)

Univers, Frutiger

Univers, Frutiger

Helvetica, page 361, (Fig. 18-15)

Manuale Typographicum, page 363, (Figs. 18-17 and 18-18)

Manuale-Typographicum, Hermann Zapf

The golden mean, page 365

158

Swiss Poster

Late Moderns’ Second Phase, Swiss International Style

Key People and Their Major Contributions (in order of appearance; the first

page number of their appearance is listed)

Ernst Keller (1891–1968), page 356, (Fig. 18-1)

Ernst Keller

Théo Ballmer (1902–1965), page 356, (Figs. 18-2 and 18-3)

Theo Balmer

Theo Balmer

Max Bill (1908–1994), page 356, (Fig. 18-4)

Max Bill

Otl Aicher (1922–1991), page 357, (see Figs. 22-37 through 22-40)

Otl Aicher

Otl Aicher

Anthony Froshaug (1918–1984), page 357, (Fig. 18-6)

Anthony Froshaug

Max Huber (1919–1992), page 358, (Figs. 18-7 and 18-8)

Max Huber

Max Huber

Anton Stankowski (1906–1998), page 359, (Figs. 18-9 through 18-12)

Anton Stankowski

Anton Stankowski

Adrian Frutiger (b. 1928), page 361, (Figs. 18-13 and 18-14)

Frutiger, Univers

Frutiger, Univers

Edouard Hoffman (d. 1980) and Max Miedinger (1910–1980), page 361, (Fig. 18-15)

Hermann Zapf (b. 1918), page 361, (Figs. 18-16 through 18-18)

Emil Ruder (1914–1970), page 363, (Fig. 18-19)

Emil Ruder

Armin Hofmann (b. 1920), page 363, (Figs. 18-20 through 18-23)

Armin Hofmann

Armin Hofmann

Karl Gerstner (b. 1930), page 363

Karl Gerstner

Karl Gerstner

Carlo L. Vivarelli (1919–1986), page 364, (Fig. 18-25)

Carlo L. Vivarelli

Carlo L. Vivarelli

Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996), page 364, (Figs. 18-30 through 18-33)

Siegfried Odermatt (b. 1926), page 365, (Figs. 18-36 through 18-38)

siefrried odermatt

siefried odermatt

Rosmarie Tissi, (b. 1937), page 370, (Fig. 18-39)

Rosmarie Tissi

Rudolph de Harak (b. 1924), page 370, (Figs. 18-40 through 18-42)

Rudolph de Harak

Rudolph de Harak

Jacqueline S. Casey (1927–1991), page 372, (Fig. 18-43) (Fig. 18-45)

jacqueline-casey

Ralph Coburn (b. 1923), page 373, (Figs. 18-44)

Ralph Colburn

Ralph Colburn

Dietmar Winkler (b. 1938), page 373, (Fig. 18-46)

Dietmar Winkler, Jazz

Arnold Saks (b. 1931), page 373, (Fig. 18-47)

Arnold Saks

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