JAN TSCHICHOLD, a Master of Typography

Jan Tschichold () was as indispensable to modern typography. In his books and magazine articles, Tschichold codified what is called the “New Typography,” characterized by sans-serif typefaces and asymmetrical composition.
http://retinart.net/artist-profiles/jan-tschichold/
http://amassblog.com/?p=127

Acht Argentinisce Abstracten - W. Sandberg - 1961 Stedelijk Museum

Willem Sandberg (1897-1984) is best known for his graphic work during his time as curator of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

The dutch typographer designed over 320 catalogues promoting the museums exhibitions, many of which were mostly created in his own time after focussing on the day-to-day museum logistics. Frequently tearing letter shapes and overprinting primary colours of red and blue his work has inspired generations of designers.

XXth Century Avantgarde Books

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ICONOGRAPHICS

http://www.iconofgraphics.com/

Pioneers of modern typography (Herbert Spencer, 1969)

Herbert Spencer Pioneers of Modern Typography has been the encyclopedia of Avant Guarde typography for many decades. Featuring such inspirational pioneers as, El Lissitzky, Theo van Doesburg, Alexander Rodchenko, Jan Tschichold. The book documents the rise of this movement from the the publication of Marinetti’s Futurist manifesto, to New Typography.

The book have biographical information of some artists as:

Lund Humphries

Kurt schwitters

Herbert Bayer

Piet Zwart

http://www.iconofgraphics.com/Piet-Zwart/

Theo van Doesburg

http://www.iconofgraphics.com/Theo-Van-Doesburg/

Paul Schuitema

El Lissitzky

ALEXANDER RODCHENKO

Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), one of the leading Russian artists in the period following the Revolution of October 1917.
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/texts/graphic_design.html
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/texts/lef.html
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/

Lendiz: The books on all spheres of knowledge

Read the "Molodaya gvardiya"("Young guard") magazine...

Rodchenko A. M., Majakovskij V. V., 1924

The advertisement of GUM. The most business, the tidiest

The Trehgornoye Beer will drive out hypocrites and samogon

Majakovskij V. V., Rodchenko A. M., 1925

More poters: http://eng.plakaty.ru/authors?id=75&sort=lname

Arvatov about Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky Pro Eto cover desing, 1923

Left front of the arts (LEF)

H.N. WERKMAN

Dutch designer and printmaker Hendrik Werkman (1882–1945) is best known for his innovative printing techniques and avant-garde typography. As publisher of De Blauwe Schuitt, a series of underground booklets produced by Jewish dissident poets and writers during the Nazi occupation of Holland, Werkman was imprisoned by German secret police in 1945 and executed without trial just three days before the country’s liberation. This generously illustrated book is the first in English to focus on Werkman’s remarkable graphic work and fascinating life.

Werkman founded his own printmaking shop in 1908. His self-produced magazine The Next Call was published in 1923 and included typographical and other printmaking experiments as well as the designer’s own Dadaist poems and texts. Werkman also developed a printmaking process he called “hot printing,” a technique incorporating found materials that added repeated design elements directly onto the paper—all without the use of a printing press. Although much of his work was destroyed at the time of his execution, the remarkable examples that remain tell the story of a maverick designer and typographer whose graphic vision was playful, bold, experimental, and unwaveringly optimistic.