Hans-Rudolf Lutz

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Hans-Rudolf Lutz (born January 14, 1939 in Zurich ; † January 17, 1998 there ) was a Swiss typographer and graphic artist .

life and work

Hans-Rudolf Lutz grew up in the Schwamendingen district of Zurich . From 1955 to 1959 he completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter at Orell Füssli . In 1963 he attended a year-long typographic design course with Emil Ruder and Robert Büchler at the Basel School of Design . In 1964 Lutz began to work for Albert Hollenstein in Paris. At Studio Hollenstein he became head of the group «expression typographique», which had the task of exploring and promoting the typographical possibilities of the then new typesetting . In 1966 he accepted a position as a subject teacher for typesetting at the School of Design in Zurich. 1968 followed a position as a teacher for typography and interdisciplinary design in Lucerne. In 1971 Lutz helped set up the F + F school for experimental design in Zurich.

Lutz had had his own studio in Zurich since 1966. From 1968 to 1980 he designed the books for the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at the ETH Zurich . He was also the author, editor and publisher of numerous publications. With a book series, Lutz broke through the boycott against the Marxist art historian Konrad Farner in 1969 after 15 years . As a visual designer, Lutz was also part of the music group UnknownmiX between 1983 and 1994 around the singer Magda Vogel and the composer / electronics engineer Ernst Thoma .

Lutz was married to the graphic designer Tania Prill .

Publications (selection)

  • Typoundso . Lutz, Zurich 1996.
  • The hieroglyphs of today: graphics on packaging for transport . Lutz, Zurich 1990.
  • Typo: Training in typographic design . Lutz, Zurich 1987.
  • PicturesBook . Lutz, Zurich 1986.
  • 1979: Kind of a story . Lutz, Zurich 1980.
  • Graphic in Cuba . Zollikofer, St. Gallen 1972.
  • Title design and contribution in OETZ 12, Düsseldorf 1985
  • Article in OETZ 14, Düsseldorf 1986
  • my Edmonton Journal. an inventory of non-verbal information from a daily newspaper. Publisher Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Zurich 1978
  • Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Peter Vitzthum (ed.): Dieter Meier 26 works from 1969 to 1974. Complete edition Volume 1, Verlag Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Zurich, no year.
  • Alex Sadkowsky, Hans-Rudolf Lutz (ed.): The title. Publisher Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Zurich 1993
  • Aldo Henggeler, Peter F. Althaus: The city as an open system. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1973, ISBN 3-7643-0676-9 (design: Hans-Rudolf Lutz)

literature

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Verlag Hans-Rudolf Lutz - About. Retrieved June 17, 2017 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Lutz, Hans-Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss typographer and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1998
Place of death Zurich