book (design) story #344
willem sandberg, alfred altherr, joost baljeu:
experiment in fläche und raum
kunstgewerbemuseum, zürich, 1962
printer: fabag, fachschriften-verlag und buchdruckerei ag, zürich
size: 20 x 22 cm
designer: jörg hamburger
this catalogue of an exhibition about experiments in surface and space was shown at the kunstgewerbemuseum zürich in 1962.
the catalogue was designed by jörg hamburger (*1935) who had been part of the the famous geigy graphic design team before joining müller-brockmann's studio in 1958. for the exhibition poster he used a coloured variation of the cover design.
the typography is classic swiss style: square book format, three columns, sans-serif set unjustified – ...
... a perfect match for a catalogue about a style of art so closely related to swiss modernist graphic design: an exhibition of constructivist sulcpture in the "de stijl" tradition, first shown in the stedlijk museum amsterdam. a poem by its director willem sandberg (1897-1984) praises "constructive tendencies" in art and architecture. below an architectural model by dick van woerkom and joost baljeu.
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