Wolfgang weingart

Did Wolfgang Weingart revolutionise typography?Wolfgang Weingart, a Swiss typographer, who was appointed an instructor of typography at the Basel School of Design in 1963 (Heller, 2005). His work stood out to me as it did not conform to traditional typography and the established rules, which at the time was clean and well read. I personally found Weingart's work ugly and unattractive, but also captivating. I'm going to be diving deeper into what his work achieved and try to understand his…

Wolfgang Weingart. Didacta Eurodidac. 1980-81. Lithograph. 50 3/4 x 35 1/2" (128.9 x 90.2 cm). Christopher H. Browne Purchase Fund. 207.2006. © 2024 Wolfgang Weingart. Architecture & Design

Born in 1941, Wolfgang Weingart is an independent graphic designer and a very influential teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel. Weingart started with a three-year apprenticeship with a hand-t…

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Swiss punk poster in tribute to Wolfgang Weingart.

Wolfgang Weingart

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There are typographic works that outlive the times in which they were created. Some of these works have been brought together to form this book.

Two posters that represent Wolfgang Weingart’s New Wave design aesthetics.