100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design

With texts by the editors and Hans-Rudolf Bosshard, Christoph Bignens, Max Bruinsma, J-rgen D-ring, Meret Ernst, Ulrike Felsing, Roland Fr-h, Ariel Herbez, Richard Hollis, Martin Jaeggi, Andres Janser, Roxane Jubert, Urs Lehni, Claude Lichtenstein, Kerry William Purcell, Fran-s Rappo, J-rg St-rzebecher and Ruedi Widmer.

100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design takes a fresh look at Swiss typography and photographics, posters, corporate image design, book design, journalism and typefaces over the past 100 years. With captivating illustrations and illuminating essays by prominent experts in the field, this book, designed by the Zurich studio NORM, presents the diversity of contemporary visual design while also tracing the fine lines of tradition that connect the work of different periods. The changes in generations and paradigms as manifested in their different visual languages, and convictions are organized along a timeline as well as by theme. The various fields of endeavor and medi