Karl Gerstner
Karl Gerstner (2 July 1930 – 1 January 2017) was a Swiss designer, typographer, author and artist.
Gerstner was apprenticed as a typographer, and in 1949, started his own graphic design studio. In 1963 he co-founded GGK, a leading Swiss advertising agency.[1]
Gerstner died in Basel University Hospital on 1 January 2017.[2]
Bibliography
- Gerstner, Karl (1964). Programme Entwerfen [Designing Programmes]. Teufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli.
- Gerstner, Karl (1972). Kompendium für Alphabeten: Systematik der Schrift von Karl Gerstner [Compendium for Literates - A System of Writing by Karl Gerstner]. Teufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli.
- Gerstner, Karl (1981). Der Geist der Farbe: Karl Gerstner und seine Kunst [The Spirit of Colors: The Art of Karl Gerstner]. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 978-3421060631.
- Gerstner, Karl (1986). Die Formen der Farben [The Forms of Color]. Frankfurt: Athenäum. ISBN 978-3761084175.
References
- ↑ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. January 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ↑ "Karl Gerstner ist tot". baz.ch/ (in German). January 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
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