Design with type in the GDR
Peace demonstrations during the 80s. Undertitles: “Letters on single boards make sense when read altogether”
School kids welcoming guests from the USSR ?. Undertitles: “Boards written in school font;
An old rotten wall with anti-US graffiti and a white pigeon. Undertitles: “A contemporary statement on an old wall”
Obligatory demonstration on May, 1st, International Workers’ Day with a big display: “Long live May 1st, day of action of the international working class.”
Covers of mostly politcal books.
Poster for obligatory paper collecting at school.
Peace demonstration with a poster: Practice solidarity. Undertitles: “personal commitment/involvement is displayed in the font but it can be recognized elsewhere too”
Some real life examples from a GDR school book for typography. All of the photos have a political message. A quote from the book’s preface “Artistic type plays an important role in advertising but in political agitation as well.”
Monday, May 24th, 2010dieser Artikel auf deutsch
hallo, ich bin zufällig auf deinen blog gestoßen…kannst du mir sagen wie der titel des buches ist, aus dem die fotos sind? vielen dank, julia
Hallo, das Buch heißt “Schriftgestaltung” von Kuhn, Robert u.a. (Hrsg.). Hier ist ein Link zu dem Buch auf Ebay mit genaueren Angaben.
There is so many vary type of views on design and style that it’s out of the question to please everybody regrettably…
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