book (design) story #241
robert hess:
neue kirchliche kunst in der schweiz
nzn buchverlag, zürich, 1962
printer: buchdruckerei börsigs erben, ag, zürich
size: 17 x 11 cm
designer: armin hofmann
this book on new church art in switzerland is designed by "basel school" graphic designer/artist armin hofman (*1920).
the book is on churches in switzerland built along the principles of modern architecture and art. the book design is modernist, too. the fish on the cover is a design armin hofmann used in a marble mosaic for a church in olten.
below reinforced concrete churches built by ernst gisel in reinach (left) and hanns anton brütsch in suhr.
below a stained glass window by fernand léger in the church of courfaivre.
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