Fidel Peugeot

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Fidel Peugeot (* 1969 in Basel , Switzerland ), actually Sebastian Rudolf Baumgartner , is a Swiss graphic and type designer .

Life

Fidel Peugeot studied communication design at the Basel School of Design a . a. with Armin Hofmann , Wolfgang Weingart and René Pulver . During his studies, he worked for renowned agencies such as GGK, WeberHodelSchmid and Stalder & Suter. Fidel Peugeot also toured as a musician with various bands. Together with Karl Rottweiler, he founded the Swiss label Radio Glaibasel (RGB107.6) in the 1980s .

In 1991 Fidel Peugeot came to Vienna via New York and Paris. Here he developed the first digitized manuscripts , the Lomofonts, and thus pioneered various other pixel fonts. He made font designs such as Spruce and Line for Tyler Brûlé and the Wallpaper Group. Fidel Peugeot has been a Linotype font designer since 2002 .

Peugeot works in all areas of graphic design: as an illustrator and logo designer, for example for the Albertina in Vienna.

In 1999 Fidel Peugeot met the product designer Karl Emilio Pircher . Together they founded the Walking Chair Design Studio in Vienna in 2003 . Among other things , Peugeot and his design partner Karl Emilio Pircher created walk-in light rooms and cloakroom systems from PET bottles . Fidel Peugeot's designs combine art and everyday objects.

Peugeot took part in the Aarhus Festival in May 2009 with its furniture design work.

In 2009 Peugeot was also responsible for the city of Linz , this year's European Capital of Culture , as part of the Linz Capital of Culture project for the design and planning of Kinderpunkt 09 , a feel-good place for children and families to relax.

Exhibitions

  • MAK, Vienna, exhibition 2009
  • Aarhus 2009
  • Linz Capital of Culture , Linz 2009
  • DMY Berlin 2009, participant and award winner

literature

  • Tulga Beyerle / Karin Hirschberger: Walking Chair . In: Design landscape Austria. 1900-2005. Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7643-7328-8 , p. 204
  • Peter Stuiber: Between Wittgenstein and Hundertwasser. Anarchically serious: the duo Walking Chair . In: Design & Vienna. Where the city is in shape. Metro, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902517-14-2 , pp. 100-101
  • Andreas Pawlik, Martin Tiefenthaler (eds.): Fidel Peugeot . In: fonts / 1993-2007 / AUT / minimal, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-900896-04-1 , pp. 44-52

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita Fidel Peugeot  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.walking-chair.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.walking-chair.com  
  2. ↑ The Austrian Font Scene ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. School of Computer Science McGill University, Montreal, Canada  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cg.scs.carleton.ca
  3. ↑ Briefs for the Internet Age (PDF; 6.0 MB) Press release on www.linoype.com
  4. ↑ PET LIGHT Show  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DMY 2008 Berlin@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sonnencreative.de  
  5. ↑ typosonic 2005 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.typosonic.de
  6. ↑ Virtual Shoe Museum
  7. ↑ Festugens nye vartegn ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Aarhus Festuge 2009 on www.aarhus.dk  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aarhus.dk
  8. ↑ Kinderpunkt 09 (PDF; 1.2 MB) Press sheet Linz Capital of Culture
  9. ↑ Walking Chair. Happy Landing ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Exhibition announcement on www.mak.at  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mak.at
  10. ↑ LYNfabrikkens byrumsmøbel vinder international designpris report on www.kunsten.nu
  11. ↑ DMY Berlin 2009 at www.dmy-berlin.com
personal data
SURNAME Peugeot, Fidel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel