But this was not a perspective in the berlin writing whether a statement. Avant garde questioning historiography on the basis of wilhelm deffke s designs for the wuppertal coat of arms. Included among deffkes prolific output, which began in the early teens, were dozens of the eras most impressive symbols for commerce and government, not the least of which became the most charged logo of the twentieth century, the hakenkreuz the hooked cross or swastika prior to its adoption by the nazis. Brohan design foundation author of wilhelm deffke brohan design foundation is the author of wilhelm deffke 4. Hauff had a narrative and inventive gift and sense of form.
She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the hugo awardwinning where late the sweet birds sang, and she established the clarion workshop with her husband damon knight and writer. Pioneer of the modern logo, edited by brohan design foundation is published by scheidegger and spiess. Kaiser wilhelm ii is one of the key figures in the history of twentiethcentury europe. The two artists collaborated on several advertising projects for elsner, with hinkefuss supplying the advertising concept and deffke giving the concept artistic form. A reclusive logo designer gets his due a monograph gives wilhelm deffke, a littleknown 20thcentury german artist with a distinctive minimalist style, the. Pioneer of the modern logo the eternal letter digitale keilschrift digital. Author and design expert steven heller has revisited and revised the popular classic design literacy by revising many of the thoughtful essays from the original and mixing in thirtytwo new works. Wilhelm deffke 18871950, whom in 1925 bruno taut had appointed director of the. Each essay offers a taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that have engaged designers from the late nineteenth century to the presentfrom the ubiquitous the swastika.
He was very fond of a designer named wilhelm deffke and hw haddank. I wrote an introduction for a french publisher that did the ibm standards manual. A reclusive logo designer gets his due the atlantic. Kate wilhelm june 8, 1928 march 8, 2018 was an american author. Deffke, cofounder with carl ernst hinkefuss of wilhelmwerk in berlin.
Its part nine of my 2012 calendar design roundup, and todays collection includes some fantastic illustration and pattern, as well as lovely letterpressing and clever disp. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Pioneer of the modern logo hardcover november 15, 2014. Decimal separator note for users in world regions using comma to denote fraction. Star bar cocktails geometric star, geometric designs. Vincenz cissarz, ludwig hohlwein, wilhelm deffke, and others. Logo design portfolio of freelance logo designer logos. Wilhelm hauff, german poet and novelist best known for his fairy tales. The collaboration of hinkefuss and deffke was so successful that in late 1915 they established their own company, wilhelmwerk. Wilhelm grimm was a 19th century german author who, along with brother jacob, published grimms fairy tales, a collection famous for stories like cinderella and rapunzel.
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