Schule für Gestaltung Basel
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Switzerland's Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design) at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule (AGS) and its students have influenced the international graphic design community since it opened in 1968. Its tradition was shaped by influential personalities such as Armin Hofmann
, Emil Ruder
, Kurt Hauert and Wolfgang Weingart
. The name of the school represents an educational approach which perpetuates their ideas: to lay a strong and broad foundation for the major design disciplines.
and Emil Ruder
. For thirty years, the Advanced Class for Graphic Design (1968-1999) offered an intensive study of basic design principles and a broad horizon in form-related design processes. Attended by students from all over the world, the program became an outstanding model for a modernist design education.
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann is a Swiss graphic designer. Hofmann followed Emil Ruder as head of the graphic design department at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel and was instrumental in developing the graphic design style known as the Swiss Style...
, Emil Ruder
Emil Ruder
Emil Ruder , Swiss typographer and graphic designer, who with Armin Hofmann helped to found the Schule für Gestaltung Basel and a graphic style known as the Swiss Style....
, Kurt Hauert and Wolfgang Weingart
Wolfgang Weingart
Wolfgang Weingart is an internationally known graphic designer and typographer. His work is categorized as Swiss typography and he is credited as "the father" of New Wave or Swiss Punk typography....
. The name of the school represents an educational approach which perpetuates their ideas: to lay a strong and broad foundation for the major design disciplines.
Weiterbildungsklasse für Grafik
In response to the growing interest of many trained designers who were searching for a means to deepen or extend their knowledge or skills, an international postgraduate program for graphic design was conceived by Armin HofmannArmin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann is a Swiss graphic designer. Hofmann followed Emil Ruder as head of the graphic design department at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel and was instrumental in developing the graphic design style known as the Swiss Style...
and Emil Ruder
Emil Ruder
Emil Ruder , Swiss typographer and graphic designer, who with Armin Hofmann helped to found the Schule für Gestaltung Basel and a graphic style known as the Swiss Style....
. For thirty years, the Advanced Class for Graphic Design (1968-1999) offered an intensive study of basic design principles and a broad horizon in form-related design processes. Attended by students from all over the world, the program became an outstanding model for a modernist design education.