Hanns Thaddäus Hoyer (born 1886) was a German graphic designer and lettering artist. He studied in Krefeld, Leipzig and Zürich, worked under Rudolf Koch at the Klingspor type foundry in Offenbach, trained with F. H. Ehmcke and Anna Simons in Düsseldorf, and spent four years in Peter Behrens’ studio in Neubabelsberg before joining W. H. Deffke at Otto Elsner in Berlin.
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Magazines & Publishing, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Most people know Raygun as David Carson’s magazine, but the story didn’t end when he left in 1995. This members article looks at Chris Ashworth, the designer who took over and brought a grid, a photocopier and a hands-on approach to the pages that followed.
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Design Translated, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
A 1919 article on Hanns Thaddäus Hoyer, originally in German, published in Das Plakat, Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1919.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
Karel Martens is one of the most influential Dutch graphic designers, co-founder of the Werkplaats Typografie, working across books, magazines, coins, postage stamps and telephone cards
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