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