Keyword: Armin Hofmann
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965
This lavishly illustrated volume looks at the uniquely clear graphic language developed by such Swiss designers as Theo Ballmer, Max Bill, Adrian Frutiger, Karl Gerstner, Armin Hoffman, Ernst Keller, Herbert Matter, Josef Müller-Brockmann, and Jan Tschichold. The style of these artists received worldwide admiration for its formal discipline: images and text were organized by geometrical grids. […]
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Hofmann remains an exceptionally influential graphic-design teacher and poster artist. His methods were continued by such practitioners as Nelly Rudin, Karl Gerstner, Pierre Mendell, Klaus Oberer and Gérard Ifert. Born in 1920, Hofmann began teaching his own typographic principles at the Basel School of Design in 1947. He and his colleagues contributed to the development [...]
Armin Hofmann: Poster Collection
Armin Hofmann: Poster Collection
Poster Collection contains the most important posters of Armin Hofmann, presenting them in the context of works by his most famous students. An exceptionally influential graphic-design teacher, Hofmann instructed, and has seen his methods continued by such practitioners as Nelly Rudin, Karl Gerstner, Pierre Mendell, Klaus Oberer, and Gérard Ifert. Hoffmann and his colleagues contributed to the development of Swiss International Style […]