Kurt Schwitters
Recent articles about Kurt Schwitters
Type play for kids
Issue 19, Winter 1995
It has taken decades for expressive typography to win acceptance in the world of the children's book…
Max Bittrof: visual engineer
Issue 9, Summer 1993
Max Bittrof was one of the leading German designers of the 1920s. Unlike many exponents of the New…
Recent blog posts by Kurt Schwitters
Five strategies tabled in Eindhoven
27 October 2014
Van Abbemuseum throws new light on Jan van Toorn’s critical design practice
Homage exhibitions are inherently celebratory, writes Francisco Laranjo. However ‘Staging the Message: The Open Work of Jan van Toorn’, now at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands until 18 Jan 2015, offers a critical challenge to that tradition.
Noted #46
22 November 2012
Schwitters, typewriting, wood type, the future Detroit Printing Plant and the United Stats of America
This past Friday the last British-made typewriter, the CM-1000, left the Brother factory in Wrexham for London’s Science Museum collection. Eye received a tiny, tactile, hand-printed snake book from Barrie Tullett of The Caseroom Press, wrapped in a typewritten paper sleeve.