Update/MfG Zürich: Guided Tours, Exhibition Talks and Workshops

Weingart

Public Guided Tours (in German)
(included in the admission fee, no registration required)
May
Sun 11.5. 11 am
Wed 14.5. 6 pm
June
Sun 1.6. 11 am
Wed 4.6. 6 pm
Sun 8.6. 11 am
Wed 11.6. 6 pm
Sun 15.6. 11 am
Wed 18.6. 6 pm
Sun 22.6. 11 am
Sun 29.6. 11 am
July
Wed 2.7. 6 pm
Sun 13.7. 11 am
Wed 16.7. 6 pm
Sun 27.7. 11 am
Wed 30.7. 6 pm
August
Sun 10.8. 11 am
Wed 13.8. 6 pm
Sun 24.8. 11 am
September
Sun 7.9. 11 am
Sun 21.9. 11 am
Wed 24.9. 6 pm
Sun 28.9. 11 am
Special Tours (in English or French)
Cost during opening hours (60 min.): CHF 150 plus admission fees per person
Cost beyond opening hours (für 60 Min.): CHF 300 plus admission fees per person
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Discussions at the Exhibition
(included in the admission fee, no registration required)
Barbara Junod, curator of the exhibition, and director Christian Brändle
in discussion with guests
Wed, 28 May 2014, 6 pm (in German)
A Typographical Voyage of Discovery
Wolfgang Weingart and Christian Brändle, Director
Wed, 25 June 2014, 6 pm
The Process as Illumination
Hamish Muir, Co-founder of MuirMcNeil and of 8vo London and Barbara Junod
Wed, 27 August 2014, 6 pm (in German)
Typography as a “Black” Art
Wolfgang Weingart and Barbara Junod
Wed, 3 September, 6 pm
New Worlds and Infinite Possibilities
Philip Burton, Chair and Professor in Design, School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago and Sarah Owens, Co-Head of Visual Communication at ZHdK
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Panel Discussion
(included in the admission fee, no registration required)
Wed, 21 May 2014, 6 pm (in German)
Typography in Zurich and Basel: the Conflict in the 1970s and 1980s
Guests:
Urs Fanger, Professor and Head of Design ZHdK em.
Victor Malsy, Professor and Head of Design ZHdK em.
Peter von Kornatzki, Visual Designer and Professor FH Darmstadt em.
Wolfgang Weingart
Moderator:
Meret Ernst, Editor Hochparterre
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Introduction for Teachers
Wed, 14 May 2014, 5 pm (in German)
With Barbara Junod, curator und Claire Geyer, typographical designer
Admission and the tour are free of charge.
School Visit without Tour
Costs: Admission fees per person
Admission for school classes from Canton Zurich is free of charge.
Please register.
Guided Tours for School Classes
Dates: By arrangement
Duration: Approx. 1 hour
Costs: CHF 150 per school class and admission fees per person
Admission for school classes from Canton Zurich is free of charge.
Please register.
Typeface Experiment and Letter Laboratory
For schools of all levels, vocational and secondary schools (in German)
With Claire Geyer, typographical designer
Dates:
Tue: 6/13/20 May at 9.15 – 11.45 am and 13.45 – 4.15 pm
Wed: 7/14/21 May at 9.15 – 11.45 am and 13.45 – 4.15 pm
Thu: 8/15/22 May at 9.15 – 11.45 am and 13.45 – 4.15 pm
Duration: 2.5 hours
Costs: CHF 150 per school class and admission fees per person
Admission for school classes from Canton Zurich is free of charge.
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When Letters Begin to Do Their Own Thing
For families with children from the age of 6 (in German)
with Claire Geyer, typographical designer
Dates:
Sat, 14 June 2014, 2 – 4.30 pm
Sat, 6 September 2014, 2 – 4.30 pm
Duration: Approx. 2.5 hours
Cost: 15 CHF per person (admission fee + workshop)
No admission fee for children under 12 years.
Deadline: Friday at 12pm.
Spontaneous are welcome, provided it still has availability.
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To register or if you have any questions, please contact:
Marilena Cipriano, Tel. +41 (0)43 446 67 10

Weingart Typography

Weingart

Guided Tours
– Wednesday, 6 pm:
14.5., 4.6., 11.6., 18.6., 2.7., 16.7., 30.7., 13.8., 24.9.2014
– Sunday, 11 am:
11.5., 1.6., 8.6., 15.6., 22.6., 29.6., 13.7., 27.7., 10.8., 24.8., 7.9., 21.9., 28.9.2014
Panel Discussion
– Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 6 pm
Typography in Zurich and Basel: the Conflict in the 1970s and 1980s
Guests: Urs Fanger, Victor Malsy, Peter von Kornatzki and Wolfgang Weingart
Moderator: Meret Ernst, editor Hochparterre
Discussions at the Exhibition
– Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 6 pm
A Typographical Voyage of Discovery
Wolfgang Weingart and Christian Brändle, Director
– Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 6 pm, (in English)
The Process as Illumination
Hamish Muir, co-founder of MuirMcNeil and of 8vo London, and Barbara Junod
– Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 6 pm
Typography as a “Black” Art
Wolfgang Weingart and Barbara Junod
– Wednesday, 3 September, 6 pm, (in English)
New Worlds and Infinite Possibilities
Philip Burton, Chair and Professor in Design, School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago and Sarah Owens, Co-Head of Visual Communication at ZHdK
Typeface Experiment and Letter Laboratory
When Letters Begin to Do Their Own Thing (in German)

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

Weingart

http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/en/exhibitions/annual-program-2014/weingart-typography
Wolfgang Weingart is regarded as the “enfant terrible” of modern Swiss typography. At an early stage he broke with the established rules: He freed letters from the shackles of the design grid, spaced, underlined or reshaped them and reorganized type-setting. Later he mounted halftone films to form collages, anticipating the digital sampling of the post-modern “New Wave”. As a typography teacher at the Basel School of Design Weingart shaped several generations of designers from 1968 onwards. They came from throughout the world and helped him achieve international recognition. Weingart’s experimental design approach and the connection between analog and digital techniques that he called for are topical again today. His life’s work is shown for the first time in Switzerland and juxtaposed with works produced through his teaching activity.
参考：
http://www.dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd_e/exhibition/d103/index.html

Bright Lights: The AIGA Awards Gala_April 19

Weingart

http://www.aiga.org/video-medalist-wolfgang-weingart/
©AIGA
“Weingart’s innate understanding of the limitations of perpendicular composition in lead typesetting, coupled with the strict technical and aesthetic discipline of his apprenticeship and his inherently rebellious nature, drove him inexorably to pursue a more experimental approach.”
by Philip Burton on the AIGA site.
http://www.aiga.org/the-aiga-awards/
http://adweb.aa.uic.edu/web/people/faculty.php?id=8