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Wolfgang Weingart (1941-present) - Coggle Diagram
Wolfgang Weingart
(1941-present)
Works
Typographische Monatsblätter magazine
Posters
Discovered Swiss typography
Simplicity, legibility, objectivity
Transformed it from a repetitive design to something more spontaneous
Background
Early Years
Studied art and design at the Merz Academy (1958-1960)
Learned typsetting at age 17
Limitations of perpendicular compositions
Familiarized himself with printing technologies
3 Year Typesetting apprenticeship at Ruwe Printing, Stuggart
Strict technical and aesthetic discipline
Independent student at Basel School of Design
At 27, he was invited by Hofmann to conduct a typography class at the postgraduate class at Basel School of Design
Order, systems, structure
Taught people who would become future designers
Developed a design process for the students
Art Style
Experimental/Rebellious
Round compositions
Illusion of depth (discs become spheres)
New ways of creating images
used the repro camera to stretch, blur and cut type
halftone screens and benday films
Film manipulation and overlapping colors
Philosophy
Design as a process of experimentation and refinement
