[a glue-bound book from 1968]

What is this beautiful thing? It’s little more than a showing of newsprint, ink, and restraint. A total stunner—and you haven’t even heard the most amazing part: It’s the work of students.

This one came to us from Inge Druckrey, who reported it was a gift from Hans-Christian Pulver. We tracked him down via the face he adapted for Lineto and he reported the following:

From 1967 to 1971 I held a teaching job at the Werkkunstschule (school of arts and crafts) in Krefeld, Germany. As graphic designers or typographers trained in Switzerland were much sought-after at the time, I was able to introduce to the school also Inge Druckrey, whom I knew as a fellow-student in Basel. Working with a colleague who spoke the same professional language seemed a great relief to me.

The book was glue-bound in 1968 and includes some of the work by graphic design students in my typography class. It contains exercises in typographic images, as well as a few forays into semantics, combining typography with photographs. All the work was lead-composed and printed on a proof-press by the students.

This is a remarkable document from a different time, place, and approach to teaching design. Part teaching tool, part artist’s book.

You should probably watch this flip-through we made about it »