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book (design) story #329

paul lieberenz:
im lande der renntiere

reimar hobbing, berlin, 1931
printer: allge. verlags- und druckerei-gesellschaft m.b.h., berlin
size: 24 x 16 cm
designer: paul stadlinger

paul lieberenz (1893-1954) was a german filmmaker and writer who became famous for his documentary films of expedions in africa. this 1933 book is about a trip to lapland – the land of the reindeers.

later lieberenz proved rather compatible with the nazi zeitgeist: he worked with leni riefenstahl on the infamous nazi propaganda film "triumph des willens" about the 1934 nuremberg rally.

the same can be said about the designer of the book, paul stadlinger (no dates known), see book story 184.

nevertheless, this 1933 book is nicely designed in a modernist vein, very similar to jan tschichold's early 1930s books.

fortunately the text of this book has no nationalistic overtones, and the author's excellent photographs are masterfully reproduced by gravure printing.