TYPOGRAPHIE
Walter Bangerter and Walter Marti
Walter Bangerter and Walter Marti: TYPOGRAPHIE. Lucerne: W. Bangerter, W. Marti, 1948. First edition. Square quarto. Text in German. Debossed black cardboard. Wire spiral binding. 140 pp. Various paper stocks and printing techniques. 12 pp. advertisements at rear. Black covers lightly soiled and worn. Textblock mildly thumbed. A very good copy.Because of this books' design/production values, I must assume it was produced in a very limited edition. The production methodology also virtually guarantees that few copies survived in their original condition. Amazing anthology of Swiss Job Printing utilizing the latest typography and press technologies.
11.75 x 11.75 spiral-bound volume showcasing Swiss printing technologies, circa 1948. Authors Bangerter and Marti present examples of their contemporary design work in this lavishly-produced conspectus. All examples beautifully printed in various techniques on a wide variety of paper stocks with many post-press effects, such as embossing, debossing, perforating, etc.
Includes samples of Letterhead printed especially for this volume on the paper originally specified by the designers and typographers; Calling Cards; Menus; Wine Labels; Ex Libris labels tipped in; and other miscellaneous pieces of ephemera.
Walter Bangerter later wrote the definitive early study of Swiss Graphic Design: OFFICIAL GRAPHIC ART IN SWITZERLAND [OFFIZIELLE SCHWEIZER GRAFIK / ARTS GRAPHIQUES OFFICIELS EN SUISSE]. Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1964.
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