- 24.12.23
THE TAKEO POSTER COLLECTION Best Selection 13 Conversion of Constructive Poster--Construction and Destruction
Dates: December 4th, 2024 (Wed.) - December 26th, 2024 (Thu.)
11:00–18:00
closed on Saturday, Sunday and official holidays
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THE TAKEO POSTER COLLECTION Best Selection 13 presents selected works from the Takeo Poster Collection by creators such as Wolfgang Weingart, who had a major influence on graphic designers of his age, producing experimental designs in the eras of letterpress and phototypography, April Greiman, who made free use of digital art and served as a bridge to the digital age, and Jean-Benoit Lévy, who opened up new horizons with poster art that made full use of photography.
* The exhibition consists of exhibits selected from a show held in June 2019 at the Tama Art University Art-Theque.
Organizers: TAKEO Co., Ltd., Tama Art University
TAKEO Poster Collection (details)
Poster designers:
Wolfgang Weingart
Born 1941. Died 2021. Active in Germany and Switzerland.
Graphic designer, typographer, and educator. After finishing his apprenticeship as a typesetter in Stuttgart, began studying under Emil Ruder and Armin Hofmann in 1964 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel and Schule für Gestaltung Basel, and taught at the latter school from 1968. Explored experimental typography that was a continuation and further development of Swiss typography. Gave rise to New Wave, or Swiss Punk, typography, and exerted a major impact on graphic design throughout the world in the latter half of the twentieth century. Served as a member of the editorial committee at the magazine TM from 1970 to 1988. Published Typography: My Way to Typography in 2000. Weingart: The Man and the Machine, a catalog of a solo show of the same name, published in 2014. Received the AIGA Medal in 2013, and the Swiss Grand Prix of Design in 2014. Member of AGI from 1978 to 1999.
April Greiman
Born 1948. Active in the United States.
Graphic designer, artist, and educator. After studying at Kansas City Art Institute, went to study under Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel in 1970. Began teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art (later known as the University of the Arts) in 1971. Also taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Has served as the head of the studio Made in Space since 1976. Explored the potential of technology that made active use of new media like video and computers, and established the New Wave movement in the United States. Notable for her hybrid imagery combining analog and digital, such as CalArts and Does It Make Sense? Authored books include Hybrid Imagery (1990), it's notwhataprilyouthinkitgreimanis (1994), and Something from Nothing (2001). Received the AIGA Medal in 1998.
Jean-Benoit Lévy
Born 1959. Active in Switzerland.
Graphic designer and educator. Studied under Wolfgang Weingart, Armin Hofmann, and André Gürtler at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel and Schule für Gestaltung Basel from 1978 to 1983. Began serving as editorial designer at L’Hebdo , Emois, and other magazines in 1983. Established the design studio AND in 1988. Viewing posters as expressing the essence of a graphic designer, adheres to the 128 × 90 cm Weltformat that originated in Switzerland. After teaching at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Rhode Island School of Design, and California College of the Arts, took a position teaching graphic design at San José State University. Recipient of numerous awards at international poster biennales and other competitions. Became a member of AGI in 1998.