Hochuli has achieved his standing without any fuss, programme or manifesto, by sheer talent and persistence. A set of demountable cases came from switzerland as part of the exhibition. Jost hochuli is a worldrenowned book designer living in st. Book design in switzerland jan 1, 1993 by jost hochuli eladio dieste. As a designer, hochuli s main concern is to work out individual solutions for individual books. Jost hochuli s work of over 30 years as a book designer is showcased, along with detailed comments by noted designer and critic robin kinross. As a teacher, he has had long experience in zurich and his home town of st. He is the author of numerous books on graphic design and typography, including designing books.
Renowned swiss typographer jost hochuli recounts his. Detail in typography, letters, letter spacing, words, word spacing, lines, line spacing, columns. Four of the five associates of abc litera met at the school of design in st. Holuchi completed his education in 19589 in adrian frutigers class at the ecole estienne. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out. Jost hochuli now seen very much an elder statesman of swiss typography, jost hochuli studied in paris under the great adrian frutiger. Although book design forms only a small part of his activity, he has become well known particularly through this work. Central component of the book presents the richly illustrated examples of books, the processes of making them. Detail in typography by jost hochuli, paperback barnes. Amazon uk usdetail in typography is one of the more recent publications by hyphen press, the imprint set up by robin kinross. Jost hochuli is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books on graphic design and typography. The world renowned book designer and swiss typographer jost hochuli delivered a sold out talk at london college of communication, recounting his remarkable 60 year career to students, staff and the public. Jost hochuli is a swiss typographer, internationally renowned for his book design.
Appropriately, it is the rst book on display in the exhibition 60 years of book design at st. In 1993, curator and designer of the exhibition book design in switzerland, shown in various countries in europe and in the usa and canada. While the books from which samples a and b are taken have only collectors value today, and thus represent no more and no less than art objects in book form, the book from which example c is taken remains an effective, because functional, and even attractive, object of utility. This book presents 30 years of experience of the swiss book designer jost hochuli. Published for the first time in english in 2008, detail in typography was first published in. While his own work is also shown, hochuli insists that buchgestaltung in st gallen is an exhibition of, as he puts it, work by his close friends rudolf hostettler and max koller, by his former students and other colleagues. It provides, in its own form and manufacture, a demonstration of how books can be made. Book design in switzerland paperback january 1, 1993. Robin kinross is a typographer and editor in london. Hochuli begins with a consideration of how human beings read. Designing books and modern typography typographica.
As a writer and editor, his books include book design in switzerland 1993. Printed matter, mainly books by jost hochuli, 9783721203998, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Many of switzerlands most brilliant designers began their working life in the printing industry. Download pdf jost hochuli free online new books in. This font software is a valuable asset of linotype gmbh. Hochuli did the opposite, studying graphic design at the kunstgewerbeschule st. Jost hochuli is a swiss typographer, internationally renowned for his book design work. The rst book from zollikofer verlag was typographik. Jost hochuli, author of designing books and detail in typography, is responsible for an exhibition of the remarkable book production of his home town of st gallen. Detail in typography discusses in simple steps the factors that make text easy to read and good to look at. Hochuli, jost 1993 book design in switzerland switzerland. After completing jost hochulis workshop on typographic design in st. Since then he has practised as a freelance graphic designer, eventually specializing in book design. Jost hochuli swiss typographer and book designer, b.
Font designer jost hochuni was born the 8th of june 1933 in st. Gallen, the three young designers dominik hafen, bernhard senn and roland stieger founded tgg hafen senn stieger, a studio specialized in the fields of typography and visual communication. Notification of license agreementyou have obtained this font software either directly from linotype gmbh or together with software distributed by one of linotypes licensees. Preface peter wegelin book design, a survey jost hochuli the book trade and publishing in switzerland peter oprecht trends in the development of the swiss graphics industry paul heuer book design in switzerland jost hochuli. Williamson, hugh 1983 methods of book design 3rd edition new haven. In 1993 he curated and designed the book design in switzerland exhibition that. From 1952 to 1954 he studied graphic design at the kunstgewerbeschule school of arts and crafts of st. Through these books, especially the english language edition of designing books, he has become probably the most. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Since 1959, hochuli has run his own commercial graphics and book design company in st. Hochuli then developed the german text, publishing it again in 2005, in switzerland. A paperback edition of jost hochulis longlasting designing books is now. A commercial artist and typesetter by trade, he studied with adrian frutiger in paris. Gallen, switzerland at the aiga national design center in new york city.
Jost hochuli has been awarded the city of leipzigs gutenberg prize for 1999. In 1979 he cofounded the cooperatively run publishing company vgs verlagsgemeinschaft st. Jost hochuli is one of the finest swiss typographers and graphic designers. American club cigarettes, 1961, jost hochuli since the mid 1960s holuchi has practised as a freelance graphic designer, eventually specializing in book design. As a writer and editor, his books include book design in switzerland 1993, designing books 1996, and jost hochuli. The book designer jost hochuli states that the word spacing required by a lowercase e is sufficient for the average word space size hochuli, 1993. Icograda prize of honour at the iba international book art exhibition, leipzig, 1989. The author does cover swiss grid design, proportions of text areas and. This book is a fruit of thirty years of experience in the field in which he has come to specialize. Ein methodenintegratives lehrbuch german edition mar 18, 2015. Practice and theory jost hochuli, robin kinross on amazon. Seven swiss type designers you never knew existed until.
Pro helvetia brochures information zurich, switzerland. In detail in typography jost hochuli, master book designer and author of the seminal designing books, addresses the finer points of setting text. Jost hochuli has been working as a freelance graphic designer since 1959. The book was published first, in several languages, in 1987 and 1988.
Is a graphic designer and typographer working in st gallen, east switzerland. See more ideas about typography, book design and design. The ambit series of design exhibitions is the result of a close collaboration between the swiss cultural fund scf and the british. Letters, letterspacing, words, wordspacing, lines, linespancing, comlumns by hochuli, jost and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Book design in switzerland by jost hochuli, charles whitehouse paperback, 155 pages, published 1993 by pro helvetia, arts council of switzerland isbn. A copy of book design in switzerland escaped my greedy paws by just a few hours i just assumed that the rights to all of hochulis compugraphic books had reverted to the author, since hyphen.