Die drei Thannhaeuser Schriften Typographics2023 Unlike standard exhibition catalogs

Unlike standard exhibition catalogs

We should probably put together a show of all the amazing things Spencer worked on

The larger format allows for an immersive study of these influential geometric constructions

But no sacrifice will need to be made—because this book is loaded with his nutty lettering (and an authoritative and easy-to-read essay by Nicolete Gray)

It’s a 2001 poster for the avant-garde music festival "Taktlos 01" at the Dampfzentrale Bern

Die drei Thannhaeuser Schriften Typographics2023 Unlike standard exhibition catalogsThe artists name here (Herbert Thannhaeuser) means more than a designation; it is a declaration, the sign of a formal will that, undeterred by commonplace taste, must shape its own expression. Those who have learned to understand the unwritten laws of typography must create new forms so that writing does not ossify in conventions, so that printed works can break free from their formulaic uniformity, and so that meaningful typography can serve the word