Armin Hofmann
Recent articles about Armin Hofmann
Unpredictable Swiss design
Issue 90, Summer 2015
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, created in 1875, was a pioneer institution…
The endless library at the end of print
Issue 27, Spring 1998
Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic…
The (layered) vision thing
Issue 8, Autumn 1993
If it has dotted lines, an arrow or two and it’s impossible to read, then it must be ‘postmodern’.…
Reputations: Wolfgang Weingart
Issue 4, Summer 1991
‘My work is like a quarry. People see a stone they like, appropriate it and work it until there’s…
Recent blog posts by Armin Hofmann
At your service
15 October 2019
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 1959, has hung at my desk for more than twenty years, writes Alex Cameron.