Jan Tschichold
Recent articles about Jan Tschichold
The advocacy of Tschichold
Issue 99, Autumn 2019
A treat for Tschichold aficionados
Issue 94, Summer 2017
Weimar volumes
Issue 91, Spring 2016
A tradition with breaks
Issue 86, Autumn 2013
Stencil typefaces – late arrivals on the typographic scene – are going in new directions and…
Buy this book
Issue 58, Winter 2005
Jürgen Holstein’s volume of rare Weimar-era jackets and covers is an extraordinary labour of love…
Out of hand
Issue 80, Summer 2011
Handwriting is a touchstone in the history of graphic design, where lettering meets the messy…
Electrifying the alphabet
Issue 62, Winter 2006
At the dawn of the computer age, new functions ushered in new forms for type design
Why Helvetica?
Issue 40, Summer 2001
Despite the changes provoked by the digital ‘revolution’, designing a typeface for serious…
The endless library at the end of print
Issue 27, Spring 1998
Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic…
Pre-postmodernity
Issue 50, Winter 2003
Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
Max Bittrof: visual engineer
Issue 9, Summer 1993
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
We canonise the giants of design history as champions of total authorship, while overlooking the…
High thoughts on a self-effacing art
Issue 7, Summer 1992
Recent blog posts by Jan Tschichold
The calm collector
24 February 2016
Five strategies tabled in Eindhoven
27 October 2014