Katja Gretzinger

Posted on July 22, 2009July 22, 2009 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged Berlin, booklets, german, graphic design, International Typographic Style, posters, Typography, zurich7 Comments

katja_gretzinger

Wow! I’m absolutely blown away by the work of German designer, Katja Gretzinger. Exceptional typography, composition and style. Her work even has a vintage tone to it. Just look at the piece above. Stunning.

A Brief History of Emil Ruder

Posted on September 2, 2008September 10, 2010 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, Industrial Design, TypographyTagged basel, design legend, graphic design, Grid Systems, josef müller-brockmann, Swiss, Typography, zurich

A short but excellent write up over at Thinking for a Living about Emil Ruder, one of the pioneers of the International Typographic Style.

Brauer Neue

Posted on April 17, 2008April 17, 2008 Posted in TypographyTagged brockmann, fonts, helvetica, Miedinger, typeface, Typography, zurich4 Comments

Brauer Neue is a beautiful typefaced designed by the talented Swiss studio Elektrosmog. Brauer was originally designed by Pierre Miedinger (a nephew of Helvetica designer, Max Miedinger) for a Zurich based brewery called Brauerei Hürlimann. Below are two posters designed by Josef Müller-Brockmann in 1978 that feature the original typeface designed by Miedinger. Elektrosmog took this lost typeface and extended it into a full character set which includes Regular, Bold and Black weights.

You can purchase Brauer Neue from Lineto.