Cornel Windlin

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Cornel Windlin (* 1964 in Lucerne ; legal resident in Kerns , Obwalden ) is a Swiss graphic designer, poster and font designer.

Life

Windlin graduated from the Lucerne School of Design and worked for Neville Brody in London from 1988 . From 1990 he was the art director of The Face magazine, started his own business in 1991 and returned to Switzerland in 1993.

For the 2009/10 season he was responsible for the conception of the new overall appearance of the Schauspielhaus Zürich under the direction of Christoph Marthaler and Barbara Frey . The design included the corporate font and website as well as the posters, programs, flyers and tickets for the performances, for which he was supported by Gregor Huber and Rafael Koch . In 2011 he was awarded the Swiss Design Prize , which honors “outstanding Swiss design” every two years in various categories. For the 2010/11 season, the Lucerne agency Velvet was commissioned to continue.

He gained fame primarily through his work, which received several awards, as well as through exhibitions and lectures. Together with Stephan Müller, he founded the Lineto publishing house in 1994. Lineto.com developed over the years into a network of designers in Switzerland, New York, London, Tokyo, Stockholm, Vienna and Berlin. Since 2004 he has been responsible for the conception and visual design of the Vitra Home Collection. From 2007 to 2010 Windlin was President of the Jury for the Most Beautiful Swiss Books , replacing François Rappo in this role .

Windlin lives in Berlin.

Fonts

  • AutoScape
  • Cobra
  • Dot matrix
  • Screen Matrix
  • Engraving Condensed
  • Liquid crystal
  • Luggagetag
  • Lutz headline
  • Magda
  • Mono
  • Moonbase Alpha
  • Thermo
  • Water tower
  • Alpha headline
  • Gateway
  • Vectrex
  • Unica Custom

Books

  • Project vitra: places, products, authors, museum, collections, signs. Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel / Boston 2008, ISBN 978-3-7643-8593-4 .
  • Public affairs: the public in art. Catalog for the exhibition "Public Affairs. From Beuys to Zittel: The public in art"; Kunsthaus Zurich , September 13 - December 1, 2002. Kunsthaus, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-906574-16-4 .
  • Unobstructed view of the Mediterranean: young Swiss art with guests. Catalog for the exhibition June 5 - August 30, 1998, Kunsthaus Zürich; October 6 - November 22, 1998 Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Kunsthaus, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-906574-02-4 .
  • End of the line longing. Catalog for the exhibition July 2 to August 28, 1994. Kunsthaus, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-89322-66-8 .

Prizes and awards

  • 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007: The most beautiful Swiss books
  • 2005: Nomination for the Swiss Design Prize (for “Project Vitra” and “Lineto.com”)
  • 2007: Most beautiful books from all over the world (bronze medal) (for "Vitra. The Home Collection 2007/2008")
  • 2008: The Most Beautiful German Books (for "Vitra. The Home Collection 2007/2008")
  • 2011: Design Prize Switzerland in the Market A category (for the appearance of the Schauspielhaus Zurich )

Exhibitions

  • 1996: Universal. always, everywhere, everything (together with Martin Heller )
  • 2004: Fresh Fonts. Leipzig

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sikart.ch/kuenstlerinnen.aspx?id=11513684
  2. ↑ a b c http://www.clavadetscher.org/CONTENT/interview_windlin.html
  3. ↑ https://www.fontfont.com/designers/cornel-windlin
  4. ↑ http://www.designpreis.ch/index.php?pageID=285&lng=DE
  5. ↑ http://www.swissdesignawards.ch/designprize/2011/cornel-windlin/index.html?lang=de
personal data
SURNAME Windlin, Cornel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne