Christof Gassner 80 years - Exhibition "Zeitläufe" at INTeF

In the extensive exhibition "Zeitläufe", the Institute for New Technical Form in Darmstadt is presenting works by graphic designer Christof Gassner until the end of August, focusing on his posters and stamp designs in relation to one another.

Typographer and graphic designer Christof Gassner is one of the quieter people in the country. But his posters, books, brochures and other publications speak for themselves. Born in Zurich, he is always able to combine the cultivated typographic line of his homeland with elegance and subtle wit. His work will always be remembered, just think of the classically austere, strictly black and white Canton advertising, his committed design of the first Öko-Test booklets, of which he was a co-founder, the magnificent poster edition "darmstadt-texte-typen" or his probably most personal book "OdenBergWaldStraße". Not forgetting his work as a professor in Darmstadt and Kassel.

The poster with texts from the Knaben Wunderhorn and Woyzeck in dialog with the Father and Son stamp series from e.o. plauen. Our wonderful world with mountains, rivers, seas, forests, ice and sand landscapes in the Nature Wonders stamp series is juxtaposed with the natural disaster of a massive earthquake in Japan.

Since the memorable "Letraset" exhibition in 1977, a regular collaboration has also developed with the Darmstadt Institute for New Technical Form (INTeF). To mark his 80th birthday, the INTeF is now organizing an exhibition entitled "Zeitläufte", which uses his posters and stamp designs to demonstrate the breadth of his range of tasks and his stylistic diversity. The juxtaposition of small and large formats is particularly appealing, as the meticulous attention to detail is evident here and there - and a preference for text solutions that entice the viewer to take a closer look. And there is something else that stands out in these "crossroads through six decades of graphic design" (Gassner): an astonishing freshness and topicality.

Text: Herbert Lechner, www.lechnerpress.de

The exhibition "Zeitläufe" can be seen until August 29, 2021 at

Institut für Neue Technische Form e. V.
Friedensplatz 11
64283 Darmstadt
www.intef.info

Tue.-Sat. 11 am - 5 pm, Sun. 11 am - 2 pm
The richly illustrated exhibition catalog costs 20 euros

On July 21 and 28, Christof Gassner himself will guide visitors through the exhibition from 3.30 p.m.
Registration on 06151 - 4 80 08

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