book (design) story #384
willy spühler:
stadtspital waid zürich
stadt zürich, around 1953
printer: art. institut orell füssli ag, zürich
size: 28 x 22 cm
photographer: ernst koehli
designer: walter bangerter, hans falk (illustrations)
this opulent festschrift celebrated the new zürich town hospital waid in 1953.
the foreord was contributed by social democratic politician willy spühler (1902-1990), town councillor at the time and later in the federal government.
walter bangerter (1907-1986) designed the book "swiss style", ...
... with sanserif throughout and a neat photo direction, ...
... contrasted by drawings: ...
hans falk (1918-2002) was a swiss painter and prolific poster artist ...
... who later worked in italy, london, and new york.
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