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International Typographic Style
Posted by ragnarfreyr in
4 Dec 2004 — 10:52am
4 Dec 2004 — 10:52am
Hi everyone
My name is Ragnar and I am from Iceland.
I am doing my Bachelor Degree essay on International Typographic Style and was wondering if you could point to me some resources (Books, websites, persons etc.) on the subject? I have been doing a lot of research but I still think I need more material to make this a good essay. So if you have anything that I might be missing please post it on this thread.
P.s. I am writing about ITS in regards to the post-war situation and if graphic design could ever be totally mechanised through the principles of the grid system and "Swiss Typography".
Thanks you very much,
Ragnar Freyr
www.onrushdesign.com
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5 Dec 2004 — 5:33am
Ragnar, I love your website! The work on it looks very good. I was also pleased to read that you are invoved with the Iclandic National Team website. I don't know anything about the Icelandid National Team, but I found a link to the site from Coudal the other day
6 Dec 2004 — 11:33am
Typographische Montasbl
6 Dec 2004 — 12:29pm
Thanks a lot for your pointers.
Where do you think I can get a hold of Typographische Montasbl
6 Dec 2004 — 12:59pm
It is a magazine that has been published since the 1970s. I can't find a URL, but it is published by GSZ AG, Spindelstrasse 2, Zürich, Switzerland.
6 Dec 2004 — 1:26pm
Armin Hofmann's Graphic Design Manual goes over many of the principals of swiss design.
Seems like a interesting essay. I am currently working on a paper for school that deals alot with examples from the Swiss style to backup my writing.
I own a few of the books mentioned above (Armins Graphic Design Manual, Brockmanns Grid Systems and History of the Poster, Ruders book, if you need any scans or info on them)
6 Dec 2004 — 1:46pm
Its been published much longer than that (1882-); I made a mistake its called Typographische Monatsbl
6 Dec 2004 — 2:04pm
if you need any scans
Grid Systems is available for purchase and some of the other works are still under copyright.
14 Dec 2007 — 11:28am
hey ragnarfreyr , im doing my bachelor and im writing about the same topic too.. and i cant find enough material, so if u can help me, i'd be grateful,
cheers,