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book (design) story #470

(unknown) :
führer durch magdeburg

wirtschafts- und verkehrsamt der stadt magdeburg, around 1930
printer: buchdruckerei a. wohlfeld, magdeburg
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: hanns hoffmann-lederer

a cute little guide to magdeburg. if you think the cover is influenced by early bauhaus typography, you are right: ...

... artist/designer hanns hoffmann-lederer (1899-1979) studied at the bauhaus in weimar and then at johannes itten's private art school in zürich-herrliberg. by 1926 he was designing exhibitions and printed matters for the city of magdeburg. after ww2 he became a professor in weimar, and in 1950 he left east germany for darmstadt.

note the very unusual diagonal arrangement of page numbers and bled-off photos!

the ad on the back with its type-set human silhouette is obviously influenced by constructivist/dadaist designs – el lissitzky, kurt schwitters, theo van doesburg ...