Karl Gerstner
Swiss designer, typographer, author and artist
Karl Gerstner (2 July 1930 – 1 January 2017) was a Swiss designer, typographer, author, and artist.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Gerstner (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jul 2, 1930, died Jan 1, 2017.1
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Early life and education
- 1945 to 1948Basel School of Design3
Career
Occupation: graphic artist, painter, artist, draftsperson, theorist, designer, graphic designer, typographer.6 7
Gerstner attended Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel.
From 1944 to 1948, Gerstner apprenticed as a typographer for artist Fritz Bühler's studio, alongside graphic designer Armin Hofmann, in Basel, Switzerland.
His supervisor at Bühler's studio, Max Schmid, later went on to work at the Geigy 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, and Gerstner+Kutter became GGK (Gerstner, Gredinger + Kutter), a leading Swiss advertising agency.
In 2006 Gerstner donated his entire archive to the Swiss National Library 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Gerstner (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
Awards
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- 1WikidataKarl Gerstner on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKarl Gerstner on Wikipedia
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- 13Wikidataaward, as reported
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- 15WikidataKarl Gerstner: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 16WikidataGGK, Founder
- 17Wikimedia CommonsKarl Gerstner photo by Teo Dolci, CC BY-SA 4.0