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Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold – Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2008

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Jan Tschichold
  • Year 2009
  • Client/Publisher Thames & Hudson
  • Size 241mm x 327cm
Jan Tschichold
Jan Tschichold was a German typographer, writer, and book designer born in Leipzig in 1902. He believed that design should emulate the dynamism and movement of modern life and held to the idea that design was a force for social change as well as a medium of aesthetic innovation. Tschichold was influenced by developments in avant-garde circles, in particular the constructivist style from Soviet Russia and the Netherlands. One of his mayor clients was Penguin Books, of whom he redesigned 500 paperback titles. Explore the Design Reviewed archive to discover artefacts that reflect the principles Jan Tschichold championed throughout his career. Browse the Swiss Modernism collection to see the typographic rigour he helped define, or explore the New Typography movement he named and theorised. The 1920s and 1930s decade pages capture the era in which his most radical ideas took shape, while the Germany and Switzerland collections reflect the two countries most central to his working life.

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Jan Tschichold - Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2008
Jan Tschichold – Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2008
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Typographische Monatsblätter, 12, 1970

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Typographische Monatsblätter, 12, 1970

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jan Tschichold / El Lissitzky
  • Year: 1970
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  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Written and designed by Jost Hochuli
  • Year: 2016
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Typographische Mitteilungen. Elementare Typographie Special Issue by Jan Tschichold, 1925 (1986)

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jan Tschichold
  • Year: 1986
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Werke und Aufsätze von El Lissitzky (1890 – 1941), Zusammengestellt und eingeleitet von Jan Tschichold, St. Galleen / Berlin: Gerhardt Verlag, 1971

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Werke und Aufsätze von El Lissitzky (1890 – 1941), Zusammengestellt und eingeleitet von Jan Tschichold, St. Galleen / Berlin: Gerhardt Verlag, 1971

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Jan Tschichold
  • Year: 1971
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