Basle Museum of Design – Temple and Teahouse in Japan
Artist: Armin Hofmann
Year: 1955
Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
About this poster
Hofmann studied in Zurich and later settled in Basel, where he opened a studio and began teaching. Hofmann visualised remarkable exhibition posters. He was a master of typography and over the years developed a standard of design based on consistent and rational principles that created timeless posters. The poster for the 1955 exhibition uses large linocut letters and is reminiscent of the rectangular shape of Japanese seals. A great typographic poster and very rare.
Artist: Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann was born 1920 in Winterthur, lives and works in Basel.
Between 1937 and 1939, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and was trained as a lithographer until 1943.
From 1943 until 1948 Hofmann worked as lithographer in Basel and Berne and in his own graphic design studio.
Hofmann also worked as a teacher of graphic design and visual communication at the Basel School of Design,... more
Armin Hofmann was born 1920 in Winterthur, lives and works in Basel.
Between 1937 and 1939, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and was train
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From 1943 until 1948 Hofmann worked as lithographer in Basel and Berne and in his own graphic design studio.
Hofmann also worked as a teacher of graphic design and visual communication at the Basel School of Design,... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 2371
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- Company: Museum für Gestaltung Basel (Gewerbemuseum Basel), CH
- Brand:ZHdK, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, CH
- Printer: Buchdruckerei VSK, Basel
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- Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Letterpress
- Condition:
A-
Very good condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. - Category:
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- Publications:Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - Poster Collection 7 - Armin Hofmann
Schweizer Grafik: Die Entwicklung eines internationalen Stils 1920-1965
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style 1920 - 1965