30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter

Author:
Louise Paradis

Co-authors:
Roland Früh
François Rappo

Editor:
École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL)

Publisher:
Lars Müller Publishers

Design:
Robert Huber
Louise Paradis

2013

Published as the result of a research project by former MAAD student Louise Paradis, this books looks into the history and importance of the Typografische Monatsblätter.

The Typografische Monatsblätter is one of the most important journals to successfully disseminate the phenomenon of “Swiss typography” to an international audience. With more than 70 years in existence, the journal witnessed significant moments in the history of typography and graphic design. 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter examines the years 1960–90, that correspond to a period of transition in which many factors such as technology, socio-political contexts and aesthetic ideologies profoundly affected and transformed the fields of typography and graphic design. The book includes a large number of works from well -known and lesser -known designers such as Emil Ruder, Helmut Schmid, Wolfgang Weingart, Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Jost Hochuli and many others.

21.5 × 31.5 cm, 8½ × 12 ½ in, 276 pages, 472 illustrations, hardcover (2013)

ISBN 978-3-03778-334-4, English

Available to buy from Lars Müller Publishers