book (design) story #605
arnold rüdlinger:
giacometti
kunsthalle basel, 1966
printer: schwabe & co., basel
size: 24 x 21 cm
photographer: atelier eidenbenz, e. scheidegger, a. winkler
designer: armin hofmann (cover)
the year swiss sculptor and painter alberto giacometti (1901-1966) died he was honored by an exhibition in the kunsthalle basel.
the striking cover by basel school graphic design legend armin hofmann echoes one of giacometti's trademark thin figurines in a narrow slab-serif title.
the introductory text is signed "a.r.", ...
... i.e. kunsthalle director arnold rüdlinger (1919-1967).
note the asymmetric page layout with sansserif type: ...
... the "quiet" typography contrasting with the large and bold artwork reproductions.
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