Bruno Monguzzi

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Bruno Monguzzi (* 1941 in Mendrisio , Switzerland) is a Swiss graphic designer , typographer and teacher.

life and work

Bruno Monguzzi studied graphic design at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Geneva , perceptual psychology , typography and photography in London at the Saint Martin's School of Art and the London College of Printing (now the London College of Communication ). In 1961 he moved to Milan and worked in the studio Boggeri - the leading design and advertising agency in Italy at the time. Walter Ballmer, Max Huber , Xanti Schawinsky and Carlo Vivarelli worked here. In 1965 he went to Montreal and worked in the office of Charles Gagnon and James Volkus on the design of the nine pavilions for Expo 67 . In 1968 he returned to Milan and began working as a book, poster and exhibition designer.

In his essay Visual Communication as a Translation Problem, Monguzzi gives an insight into the process of his creative activity and describes how text and images found their place on the surface on the exhibition poster Florence Henri 1991: «You move things, you are as attentive as possible , and then you could almost say that chance guided you. You have an idea in your head, but it is not an image that you have in your head, it is an idea that you have to find the right image for. Because of this, you cannot sketch the picture. You cannot anticipate it. You have to move things and pay attention to the appearances. "

His projects included the corporate design of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris - which is no longer in use today -, the exhibition Mayakovskij Mejerchold Stanislavskij 1975 in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan and the posters for the Museo Cantonale d'Arte in Lugano, for which he was responsible for 1987 to 2004 worked. In 1979 Monguzzi was accepted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Rolf Müller introduced him in 1986 in the magazine HQ High Quality (HQ) in issue 4 and the Typografische Monatsblätter (TM) dedicated a special issue to him in 2004, in which the editorial about him says that he combines “Swiss precision with Italian elegance”. In 2000 the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo dedicated a solo exhibition to him and a publication in their book series World Graphic Design .

Works by Bruno Monguzzi are represented in international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Center Georges-Pompidou in Paris.

As a teacher he taught in Lugano , Mendrisio and as a visiting professor at various American universities. Monguzzi lives in Meride (Ticino).

Awards

  • 1971: Premio Bodoni
  • 1990: Gold Medal from the Art Directors Club New York, USA
  • 2000: Yusaku Kamekura International Design Award, Japan
  • 2000: Gold medal at the International Poster Triennial in Toyama , Japan
  • 2003: Honorary Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts , London

Publications

  • High Quality (HQ) Issue 4/1986, magazine about design, printing and the printed, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Ed.) ISSN 0177-2945, pp. 10-17.
  • Bruno Monguzzi. World Graphic Design 48. With an introduction by Ikko Tanaka , Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo 2000, ISBN 4-924956-48-1 .
  • Typografische Monatsblätter (TM) 1/2004, magazine for writing, typography, design and language, Mediengewerkschaft comedia (Ed.) Bern 2004,
  • Richard Hollis: Swiss graphics. The development of an international style 1920 - 1965. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7267-5 .
  • Bruno Monguzzi: Visual communication as a translation problem , In: Claude Lichtenstein (Hrsg.): Spielwitz und Klarheit. Swiss architecture, graphics and design 1950 - 2006. Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-03-778089-4 , pp. 140–141.
  • Christian Brändle, Karin Gimmi, Barbara Junod, Christina Reble, Bettina Richter (eds.): 100 years of Swiss graphics . Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03778-352-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claude Lichtenstein (ed.): Playful wit and clarity. Swiss architecture, graphics and design 1950 - 2006 . Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-03778-089-4 , p. 292 .
  2. ↑ Studio Boggeri Archivio Grafica Italiana. Retrieved on August 16, 2020 .
  3. ^ Claude Lichtenstein (ed.): Playful wit and clarity. Swiss architecture, graphics and design 1950 - 2006 . Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-03778-089-4 , p. 141 .
  4. ^ Bruno Monguzzi: Alliance Graphique Internationale. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Lukas Hartmann: Typographical Montasblätter . Ed .: Mediengewerkschaft comedia. Bern 2004, p. 2 .
  6. ^ Ginza Graphic Gallery. DNP, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., accessed August 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Monguzzi, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss graphic designer, typographer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendrisio , Switzerland