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Armin Hofmann

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Through his extensive design and educational work, Armin Hofmann (1920–2020) is considered one of the most influential graphic designers in Switzerland. In celebration of Armin’s 100th birthday in June 2020, his son Matthias Hofmann , also a graphic designer, published the book Armin Hofmann. Armin Hofmann.

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Herman Miller Brings Sought-After Vintage Posters Back Into Production

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The launch comprises 15 iconic designs released between 1949 and 1979, from product ads to brand nostalgia, aka their “greatest hits,” from celebrated graphic designers, like Irving Harper, Linda Powell, George Nelson & Associates, Steve Frykholm, Phillip Mitchell and Armin Hofmann.

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Nguyen Gobber has taken a 1960s design challenge and turned it into a typeface

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Inspired by an exercise in Armin Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual, the Hofmann typeface is built around a four-by-four dot grid.

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What Is Swiss Design and Why You Should Know Its History

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Armin Hofmann is one of the main pioneers of the Swiss Style who studied under Ernst Keller. Gärten Menschen Spiele by Emil Ruder Armin Hofmann" by 80magazine is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Emil Ruder studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich and began teaching alongside Armin Hoffman in the 1950s.

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Find hidden squares and experimental inktraps in Fatih Hardal's FH Giselle

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Inspired by Armin Hofmann’s “Giselle” poster, Hardal’s focuses on contrast and history in creating the display typeface. The Istanbul-based graphic and type designer returns with another striking typeface that seems to be filled with endless details to hunt for. Read more.

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April Greiman: A Pioneer in Graphic Design

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Her early commercial design work fused California New Wave punk aesthetic with Swiss modernist principles she had studied under Armin Hofmann. Eager to expand her knowledge, Greiman soon headed to Basel, Switzerland, to study under legendary modernist graphic designer Armin Hofmann at the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule.

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Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: “I designed because I needed to eat”

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.” While enrolled at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Switzerland, Solomon studied under the acclaimed designer Armin Hofmann. “But when I got to Switzerland I did exactly what Armin told me to do.” “I had been painting and doing all of that expressionism stuff in the US,” she says.

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