He was born in Zurich in 1914. After primary and secondary school in Zurich and vocational training as a caterer, he studied in Paris and earned a degree in French at the Cercle Commercial Suisse de Paris. He then worked as a commercial printer at a Zurich publishing house. He attended a weekly course in typesetting and letterpress at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich, where he learned typography from Alfred Willimann (1900-1957) and Walter Käh (1901-1970). In 1942 he was appointed permanent teacher of typography at the AGS Basel. In 1947, he founded a specialized typography department at the third department of the same school (Department of Art, Industry and Vocational Education) and became its director. In 1948, he became president of the Basel branch of the Swiss Association of Craftsmen (SWB). In 1956, he was a member of the Die gute Form jury at the Swiss Industrial Fair and was elected to the Central Board of the SWB (succeeding Georg Schmidt). He was also a member of the steering committee of the same association. In 1959, he was the Swiss delegate to the ATypI (International Typographical Union). In 1961 he became a member of the Swiss Federal Council for Applied Arts (succeeding Bercholt von Grunigen) and was artistic advisor to the philatelic department of the Swiss Post and Telegraph Office. In 1962 he co-founded the International Center for Typographic Arts (ICTA) in New York, and in 1965 he became principal of the Basel Industrial School and director of the Industrial Museum. In 1966, he became the second president of the Swiss Association of Craftsmen. In 1967, he published Typography with the Swiss publishing house Nickli, and in 1968, together with Armin Hoffmann, he founded the higher course in graphic design at the Basel Institute of Technology. He died in Basel in 1970.
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Emil Ruder
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She studied visual design at Hongik University. She went on to study photography at Parsons School of Design and completed her MFA in fine art at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Since returning to Korea, she has been working and teaching at the university level. She has held four solo exhibitions, including Family in 2004, Kumho Young Artist: Pink & White in 2007, and Broken But in 2012, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Seoul Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi …
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Lee Eun-ho
Lee Eun-ho is a graphic designer at Toss. He plans and creates all visual areas of TOSS. He focuses on the visual consistency of TOSS graphics by establishing and spreading the visual identity based on the emoji font ‘TOSSPACE’. -
Lee Bong-won
He studied visual design at Hongik University and Dong-A Graduate School, and received his master’s degree in Design Strategy and Innovation from Brunel University, UK. He worked at the UI Lab of Samsung Electronics Design Management Center and is currently in charge of developing future scenarios based on the convergence of industries and technologies and designing service systems to realize them. -
Im Tae-su
A professional dedicated to uncovering the philosophy and values hidden within brands and delivering their unique essence to everyday life. Preferring leisure, simplicity, and thoughtful conversations, he tends to limit gatherings to four people or fewer. With experience at the brand consulting firm Brand&Company, Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Marketing Strategy Team, the brand experience design firm Plus X, and Kakao Pay Brand Marketing Team, he now runs Standard Project. He has led brand … -
Lee Jeong-hwan
Lee Jeong-hwan graduated from Kyung Hee University’s Department of Business Administration and Intercultural Japanese Language School. He is a researcher of Eastern philosophy and religion, a Japanese translator, and a writer. He has translated many books into Korean, including The Architecture of Tomorrow , The Secret of the Macaroni Hole , Connecting Architecture , 三低主 , White , Nagaoka Kenmei no Kangae , Tokyo University Students Become Fools , and Ready Luck . -
Ota Hiroshi
Born in 1968. Architect.Co-chair of Design Nouveau, Tokyo Picnic Club. Researcher at the International Center for Urban Regeneration Research, University of Tokyo, and lecturer at the Institute of Production Technology, University of Tokyo, where he studies urban regeneration cases around the world. Since 2011, he has been a lecturer at the Children’s Architecture School. -
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After graduating from Korea University with a degree in English Language and Literature and earning a degree in Translation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies , they worked for several years as an interpreter and translator for government agencies and corporations. Currently, they work as a translator specializing in culture, creativity, and technology , while also serving as the Creative Commons Asia-Pacific Coordinator . -
Lee Ji-eun
Graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at Hansung University in 1992 and completed a master’s program at the same university in 1997. In 2003, he graduated from the Visual Communication Design program at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and in 2006, completed the doctoral coursework at the Graduate School of International Information and Communication at Waseda University. In 2012, he earned a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies … -
Kim Dae-kwon
He started his career as a font engineer with the first project, “Malgun Gothic”, the first Korean hinting font for UI. He developed various plugins for font editors and gave many technical lectures. He enjoys various collaborations and conversations with font designers. He is currently in charge of mobile font download service at Font Bank and operates Line Gap. -
Kim Yeong-seon
She graduated from the Department of Creative Writing at Chung-Ang University and completed coursework in Aesthetics at Hongik University Graduate School. After working as a publishing editor and caregiver, she is currently active as a professional translator. Her translated works include The Death of Truth , Churchill’s Black Dog, Kafka’s Mice , Automating Inequality , Capital Without Borders , To the Letter , The Art of Forgetting and “Why Heidegger Should Not Be … -
Simon Morley
Simon Morley is a visual artist and until 2023 was Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Dankook University, Republic of Korea. As well as being author of three titles for Thames & Hudson— Modern Painting , Seven Keys to Modern Art and Writing on the Wall —He is also the author of The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art and By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose . He has lectured at such museums as Tate, The National Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, … -
Oh Byung-keun
His teaching and research focuses on visualization for information and knowledge transfer. He is also interested in design-centered and interdisciplinary approaches for desirable interactions between humans and information, humans and media, and humans and space. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in design from Seoul National University and his M.F.A. from New York University Graduate Center, and is currently a professor of visual design at Yonsei University, College of Design and Art. His books …