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Recent articles about Jan Tschichold

The advocacy of TschicholdIssue 99, Autumn 2019
Review

	As Paul Stirton, the curator of ‘Jan Tschichold and the New Typography’…
      
A treat for Tschichold aficionadosIssue 94, Summer 2017
Review

	These two books will delight aficionados of Jan Tschichold, the German…
      
Weimar volumesIssue 91, Spring 2016
Review

	The musical Cabaret gave a popular view of Berlin between the two world wars;…
      
A tradition with breaksIssue 86, Autumn 2013
Feature

	Stencil typefaces – late arrivals on the typographic scene – are going in new directions and…
Buy this bookIssue 58, Winter 2005
Feature
Jürgen Holstein’s volume of rare Weimar-era jackets and covers is an extraordinary labour of love…
      
Out of handIssue 80, Summer 2011
Feature
Handwriting is a touchstone in the history of graphic design, where lettering meets the messy…
Electrifying the alphabetIssue 62, Winter 2006
Feature
At the dawn of the computer age, new functions ushered in new forms for type design
Why Helvetica?Issue 40, Summer 2001
Feature
Despite the changes provoked by the digital ‘revolution’, designing a typeface for serious…
The endless library at the end of printIssue 27, Spring 1998
Feature

	Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic…
Pre-postmodernityIssue 50, Winter 2003
Feature

	Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
Max Bittrof: visual engineerIssue 9, Summer 1993
Feature

	Max Bittrof was one of the leading German designers of the 1920s. Unlike many exponents of the New…
What has writing got to do with design?Issue 9, Summer 1993
Opinion

	We canonise the giants of design history as champions of total authorship, while overlooking the…
High thoughts on a self-effacing artIssue 7, Summer 1992
Review

	‘To begin with, let us enumerate what is repulsive and therefore wrong.’ Thus…

Recent blog posts by Jan Tschichold

The calm collector

24 February 2016

A new collection of Steve Hare’s writing demonstrates an erudite passion for the design and content of Penguin Books

The late Steve Hare (1950-2015) was one of those writers that every editor appreciates, writes John L. Walters.

Five strategies tabled in Eindhoven

27 October 2014

Van Abbemuseum throws new light on Jan van Toorn’s critical design practice

Homage exhibitions are inherently celebratory, writes Francisco Laranjo. However ‘Staging the Message: The Open Work of Jan van Toorn’, now at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands until 18 Jan 2015, offers a critical challenge to that tradition.