Projects : Typographic Research at the School of Design Basle, Switzerland [Wolfgang Weingart]

Projects : Typographic Research at the School of Design Basle, Switzerland. Projekte : Ergebnisse aus dem Typographie-Unterricht an der Kunstgewerbeschule Basel, Schweiz, Wolfgang Weingart, 1979. Verlag Arthur Niggli AG. 9.125 x 11.75, unpaginated [122] with English and German text. Introduction by Armin Hofmann. Design by Wolfgang Weingart. This book is part of a limited edition of 380 copies printed by Zollikofer AG, St. Gall and G. Gissler, Basel, Switzerland. Hand bound by K. Michel, Basle.

Rare. “The book Projekte was originally planned as a continuing series to publish the work of exceptional students. Financial support for the undertaking waned, however, and the publisher Arthur Niggli printed and distributed the first and only volume in a small edition of four hundred [this dust jacket states 380] copies. Projekte presented the research of two students both of whom combined traditional elements of metal typesetting with photographic techniques, experimenting with type and image on layers of transparent films.” — My Way to Typography, Weingart, 2000

Project I : James Faris. Tool, Process, Sensibility: Images of Typography in 26 Collages. This project by Farris are his typographic interpretations of a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, and was first published in TM Number 4/1979.

Project II : Gregory Vines. The Gate in Bellinzona: Ideas, Sketches and Designs. The 6 Covers for the Typographische Monatsblatter, 1978. Vine’s photographs, drawings, and typographic sketches were inspired by a gate in the Castello Grande of Bellinzona and resulted in the design of six film montages for a TM cover series in 1978.

A near fine book with thick chipboard covers and “KMcCOY” [perhaps Katherine McCoy] written in red marker on the upper right-corner of the FFEP. In its’ nearly fine semi-gloss jacket with light toning, and wear along the edges; with a few tiny black marks and small paper loss to the top corners and head of spine. A rare and well preserved, sough-after book. The last time we carried a copy of this title was in 2011.