In the early 1900s, good typefaces were scarce, books poorly crafted and tasteless, type design a dead end, formal handwriting disconnected from origins of broad-edged pens and brushes, tools that shaped Roman letterforms for 2000 years. But then, four modern pioneers of design and typography created new modern typefaces, fresh interest in letterforms, beginnings of modernism. This book traces the reach of design modernism within Europe, especially Switzerland, and eventually the United States.

Escaping flatland -- Micro/macro readings -- Layering and separation -- Small multiples -- Color and information -- Narratives and space and time -- Epilogue.

The Description for this book, Josef Hoffmann: The Architectural Work, will be forthcoming.

David Schnell?s (1971) paintings and linocuts question our perception of time and space. The extreme perspective in his pictures produces a strong visual maelstrom, which pulls the viewer into a dynamically fragmented space, in which architectural elements virtually blow up in his face. The comprehensive selection of works included in this volume focuses on the painter?s artistic development over the last ten years. 00Exhibition: MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany (10.03-18.06.2017).

This distinctive book centers around an installation by Stephen Prina as a frame within which to explore themes vital to its making, including artistic production, site-specificity, curatorial practice, photography, architecture, and institutional critique. This multi-layered work is reevaluated by the curator, Jenelle Porter. She begins with Prina's single-image documentation of the 16-year exhibition schedule at the Heitzler Gallery (1975-1991). This final set of 163 photographs was then installed in the Heitzler Gallery, along with assorted elements as part of Prina's complete exhibition. Essays by James Meyer and Wilhelm Schurmann.

Describes life in bustling 17th-century New Amsterdam and a woman whose seemingly "crazy" behavior raises an interesting question in light of New York's subsequent development.

For the exhibition at the Josef Albers Museum the artist created four paintings, which are integrated into the presentation of works by Josef Albers starting a dialogue with them. Guyton's work is connected with the tradition of Modernism, which culminated in the paintings of the ,New York School' and in Minimal Art. With sparse vocabulary he is examining the different possibilities of a visual language. At the same time Wade Guyton is testing the idea of artistic authorship: the creative process is disconnected from the artist's own hand, his paintings are programmed on a computer and then printed on classical canvas to give them a physical form.00Exhibition: Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany (23.11.2014 - 15.02.2015).