Armin Hofmann

Recent articles about Armin Hofmann

Unpredictable Swiss design

Issue 90, Summer 2015

Review

The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, created in 1875, was a pioneer institution in collecting graphic…

The endless library at the end of print

Issue 27, Spring 1998

Feature

Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic ephemera? By Teal Triggs

The (layered) vision thing

Issue 8, Autumn 1992

Opinion

If it has dotted lines, an arrow or two and it’s impossible to read, then it must be ‘postmodern’. Are we using the theory the way it was intended?

Reputations: Wolfgang Weingart

Issue 4, Summer 1991

Feature

‘My work is like a quarry. People see a stone they like, appropriate it and work it until there’s nothing left.’ Eye talks to the father of New Wave typography.

Recent blog posts about Armin Hofmann

At your service

15 October 2019
Design education, Design history, Reviews, Typography

Armin Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual. A review by Alex Cameron
A reproduction of Armin Hofmann’s poster, Giselle, designed for the Basel Open Air Theatre in…