Typomundus 20: A Project of The International Center for Typographic Arts (ICTA), 1966. Reinhold Publishing Corporation (Studio Vista, England and Otto Maier, Germany), New York, USA. 8.75 x 11.75, n.p. (approx. 232) with English, French and German text. Design: Jack Timms.
Published in conjunction with the first internationally judged exhibition of world typography, Typomundus 20 illustrates in black and white 545 entries (of 10,000 received) representing a significant selection of advertising, packaging, posters, books, trade marks and more since 1900. The exhibition premiered in New York City in 1965 and also at Vision 65, a world congress on communications at Southern Illinois University. For added context, please read how most entries were thrown in the trash.
Short biographies, work examples and excellent prefatory texts by (12) international jury members: Horst Erich Wolter (Germany), Olle Eksell (Sweden), Hans Neuburg (Switzerland), Anton Stankowski (Germany), Lou Dorfsman (USA), Carl Dair (Canada), Piet Zwart (Netherlands), Roger Excoffon (France), Hiromu Hara (Japan), Max Caflisch (Switzerland), Oldrich Hlavsa (Czechoslovakia) and Hermann Zapf (Germany).
With Call for Entries text by Paul Rand, Honorary Chairman; an Introduction by Aaron Burns, Director of ICTA; and Purpose of Typomundus 20 by Marilyn Hoffner, ICTA Publicity Committee Member. With a detailed Index at the back. Despite the omission of many countries, there are many examples from designers I was unaware of—making Typomundus 20 a valuable record of sixty years of international typography.
A very good or better book lightly spotted on the white covers. A good dust jacket with a few large creases to the front and light wear, small tears and skinning along the margins, mostly to the back cover. Binding solid and interior unmarked.
