Adrian Frutiger

Symbole Zeichen. Wanderungen, Syndor Press, 1996

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  • Format Folded Guide
  • Designer/s Adrian Frutiger
  • Year 1996
  • Client/Publisher Syndor Press
  • Size 250mm x 130mm (folded), 2000mm x 1000mm (unfolded)
Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger was born in Unterseen, Switzerland, in 1928 and trained as a compositor before studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. Moving to Paris in 1952 to work at Deberny & Peignot. He developed Univers, released in 1957, a systematic family of twenty-one variants using a numerical classification system that became a model for subsequent type families. Commissioned to design signage for Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1968, the humanist sans-serif he developed was released commercially as Frutiger in 1976 and became one of the most widely used wayfinding typefaces in the world. Later work included Avenir in 1988. Explore related designers including Emil Ruder, Armin Hofmann, and Max Bill. See also International Typographic Style and Swiss graphic design history.

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Symbole Zeichen. Wanderungen, Syndor Press, 1996
Symbole Zeichen. Wanderungen, Syndor Press, 1996
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