Typographische Monätsblatter

Typographische Monätsblatter

Research project (2013)

With more than 70 years in existence, the journal witnessed significant moments in the history of typography and graphic design. The covers are a prominent aspect of the research, and their examination provides witness to the attitudes and aesthetic concerns of the period in which they were published. The Typographische Monatsblätter not only made “Swiss Design” known to an international audience, it also spread the burgeoning ideas of the “New Wave” style.
This research focused on the Swiss typographic journal issues from 1960 till 1990 and highlights the editorial project as an index and as an instrument in the development of a professional culture and its specific “public space”.

Main applicant

ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
François Rappo (Project Leader)

Research team

Louise Paradis, Roland Früh

Period

august 2012 – june 2013

Supported by

ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)

Dissemination

Website
www.tm-research-archive.ch

Publication
30 years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typographische Monatsblätter : TM RSI SGM 1960-1990
© 2013 Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich
ISBN: 978-3-03778-334-4

RaD,  Typographische Monätsblatter, Louise Paradis
© ECAL / Jonas Marguet
RaD,  Typographische Monätsblatter, Louise Paradis
© ECAL / Jonas Marguet

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RaD,  Typographische Monätsblatter, Louise Paradis
Website / Luke Archer and Louise Paradis
RaD,  Typographische Monätsblatter, Louise Paradis
Website / Luke Archer and Louise Paradis

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