Ruedi Rüegg

Basic Typography: Design With Letters, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989

Includes examples of work by Claus Bremer, Giulio Cittato, Takenobu Igarashi, Robert Krugel-Durband, Frans Lieshout, Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Pierre Mendell, Bruno Monguzzi, Siegfried Odermatt und Rosemarie Tissi, Paul Rand, Heinz Waibl and Wolfgang Weingart.

Details

  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Ruedi Rüegg
  • Year 1989
  • Client/Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold
Ruedi Rüegg
Ruedi Rüegg (born in Zurich, 4 August 1936) is a Swiss graphic designer. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and worked with Josef Müller-Brockmann, as well as in studios in the United States and Japan. In 1977 he co-founded the agency Baltis and Rüegg in Zurich. Rüegg has also taught internationally, including at Ohio State University and the Cooper Union in New York. Explore related designers including Karl Gerstner and Wolfgang Weingart. See also International Typographic Style and Swiss graphic design history.

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Basic Typography: Design With Letters, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989
Basic Typography: Design With Letters, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989
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