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book (design) story #345

willy rotzler, fritz billeter:
suisse / 36e biennale de venice 1972

département fédéral de l'intérieur, berne, 1972
printer: abc, zurich
size: 22 x 24 cm
designer: kurt wirth

this brochure accompanied the art exhibition representing switzerland at the 36th biennale of venice in 1972.

bern-based graphic designer and artist kurt wirth (*1917-1996) chose an opulent golden cover, with the name of "switzerland" in the three official languages.

switzerland was represented by the painter richard paul lohse (1902-1988) who was also an important pioneer of swiss graphic design.

lohse's "multi-column, grid-based" painting proofs its conceptional similarities to swiss typography.

the second artist was willy weber (1933-1998) ...

... whose trademark were sculptures produced by the impact of exploding dynamite on metal surfaces.