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Karl Gerstner (2 July 1930 – 1 January 2017) was a Swiss designer, typographer, author, and artist.
Gerstner Programm was designed by Karl Gerstner between 1964-67 and first published in Berthold's Diatype filmsetting format. 16 versions of the programme were generated, 8 regular and 8 italic, using the Sinar camera under the expert direction of GGK staff member Werner Richli. Templates were executed by Christian Mengelt. It was successful in the U.S., where it was issued by Aaron Burns, but soon perished with the Diatype system.
A digital restoration by Stephan Müller of Gerstner Programm has been released in 2017.
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Obituary on form.de
1930 births 2017 deaths Swiss typographers and type designers Swiss designers Swiss contemporary artists {{Switzerland-bio-stub
Career
Gerstner attended Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel. From 1944 to 1948, Gerstner apprenticed as a typographer for artist Fritz Bühler's studio, alongside graphic designerArmin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann ( HonRDI) (29 June 1920 – 18 December 2020) was a Swiss graphic designer.
He began his career in 1947 as a teacher at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel School of Art and Crafts at the age of twenty-six. Hofmann followed Emil Ru ...
, in Basel, Switzerland
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS), ...
.
His supervisor at Bühler's studio, Max Schmid, later went on to work at the Geigy
Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loca ...
chemical company. In 1949, Gerstner began freelancing for Geigy after Schmid recruited him.
In 1958, he and Markus Kutter formed Gerstner+Kutter advertising agency in Basel. In 1962, they partnered with Paul Gredinger Paul Gredinger (27 July 1927 – 6 October 2013) was a Swiss architect. Gredinger was one of the leading figures in the German advertising scene.
, and Gerstner+Kutter became GGK (Gerstner, Gredinger + Kutter), a leading Swiss advertising agency
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.
In 2006 Gerstner donated his entire archive to the Swiss National Library
The Swiss National Library (german: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, french: Bibliothèque nationale suisse, it, Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, rm, Biblioteca naziunala svizra) is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office ...
in Bern, and the Karl Gerstner Archive sets out to document his design process from the earliest drafts to the final product.
Gerstner died in Basel University Hospital on 1 January 2017.
Exhibitions
''designing programs/programming designs by Karl Gerstner'' was a solo exhibition on view from February 5 to March 30 1973 at theMuseum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, New York directed by Emilio Ambasz. The exhibition was based on Gerstner's book Designing Programms.
Typefaces
Gerstner Programm was designed by Karl Gerstner between 1964-67 and first published in Berthold's Diatype filmsetting format. 16 versions of the programme were generated, 8 regular and 8 italic, using the Sinar camera under the expert direction of GGK staff member Werner Richli. Templates were executed by Christian Mengelt. It was successful in the U.S., where it was issued by Aaron Burns, but soon perished with the Diatype system.
A digital restoration by Stephan Müller of Gerstner Programm has been released in 2017.
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External links
Obituary on form.de
1930 births 2017 deaths Swiss typographers and type designers Swiss designers Swiss contemporary artists {{Switzerland-bio-stub