The following bibliographic reference is only a selection. Where possible,  a link to the publisher has been provided. Links open in a new window.

Albers, J.

Interaction of colour, revised  edn, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975.

Andel, J.

Avant-garde page design: 1900-1950, New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, 2002.

Andel, J. et al.

Ladislav Sutnar: Prague – New York – design in action, Prague: Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague & Argo Publishers, 2003.

Baines, P.

Penguin by design: a cover story 1935-2005, London: Penguin Books/Allen Lane, 2005.

Bartram, A.

Bauhaus, modernism and the illustrated book, London: The British Library, 2004.

Futurist typography and the liberated text, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005.

Bayer, H.

Bauhaus, 1919-1928, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1938.

Bezzola, T.

Andre Breton: dossier dada, Zurich: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005.

Biesele, I.G.

Graphic design international: creative work of selected colleges of design from 12 countries, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1977.

Bignens, C. et al.

Max Bill: typography, advertising, book design, Sulgen/Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1999.

Bill, M.

Form, function, beauty = gestalt (Architecture words, no. 5), London: AA Publications, 2010.

Form: eine Bilanz uber die Formentwickung um die Mitte des xx. Jahrunderts, Basel: K. Werner, 1952.

Bordes, J. et al.

Toys of the avant-garde, Malaga: Museo Picasso Malaga, 2010.

Bosoni, G. et al.

Max Huber, London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2006.

Breton, A.

Manifestoes of surrealism (transl. Seaver and Lane), Ann Arbor:University of Michigan Press, 1969.

Bringhurst, R.

Elements of typographic style, revised edn, Vancouver: Hartley and Marks Publishers, 1996.

Le Corbusier

Journey to the east (transl. Zaknic), Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1987.

The nursery schools (transl. Levieux), New York: The Orion Press, 1968.

The modulor (transl. de Francia and Bostock), London: Faber and Faber, 1954.

Towards a new architecture (transl. Etchells), London: The Architectural Press, 1946.

Dewey, J.

Art as experience, New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1934.

Diethelm,W.

Form + communication: way to visualization, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1974.

Symbol: handbook of international signs, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1970.

Dondis, D.

A primer of visual literacy, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1973.

Elam, K.

Geometry of design: studies in proportion and composition, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001.

Grid systems: principles of organizing type, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.

Typographic systems, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.

Fairbank, A.

A book of scripts, London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1977.

Favre, J-P. and November, A.

Colour and communication, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1979.

Fiell, C. and P. (eds.)

1000 lights: 1960 to present, vol. 2, Koln: Taschen, 2005.

1000 lights: 1879 to 1959, vol. 1, Koln: Taschen, 2005.

Scandinavian design, Koln: Taschen, 2002.

Froebel, F.

The education of man (transl. Hailmann), New York: Appleton, 1900.

Gerstner, K.

The forms of colour: the interaction of visual elements, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1986.

Kompendium für Alphabeten, Sulgen/Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1972.

Gill, E.

An essay on typography, 2nd edn, London: Sheed & Ward, 1936.

Gropius, W.

Scope of total architecture, New York: Harper, 1955.

Hochuli, J.

Detail in typography: letters, letterspacing, words, wordspacing, lines, linespacing, columns, London: Hyphen Press, 2008.

Designing books: practice and theory, London: Hyphen Press, 1996.

Hofmann, A.

Graphic design manual: principles and practice, Sulgen/Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1965.

Hollis, R.

Swiss graphic design: the origins and growth of an international style 1920-1965, New York: Yale University Press, 2006.

Hornung, C. P.

Handbook of designs and devices, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1946.

Hoshino, E. et al.

Tenugui, Tokyo: PIE Books, 2007.

Itten, J.

The elements of colour (transl. van Haagen), New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970.

Design and form: the basic course at the Bauhaus (transl. Maass), New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1964.

The art of colour: the subjective experience and objective rationale of colour (transl. van Haagen), New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1961.

Kandinsky, W.

Point and line to plane (transl. Dearstyne & Rebay), New York: S. R. Guggenheim Foundation for Museum of Non-Objective Painting, 1947.

Concerning the spiritual in art, New York: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1947.

Kepes, G.

Language of vision: painting, photography, advertising-design, Chicago: Paul Theobald and Co., 1944.

The new landscape in art and science, Chicago: Paul Theobald and Co., 1956.

Kepes, G. (ed.)

Education of vision, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1965.

Structure in art and in science, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1965.

The nature and art of motion, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1965.

Module, proportion, symmetry, rhythm, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1966.

The man-made object, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1966.

Sign image symbol, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1966.

Kinross, R.

Modern typography: an essay in critical history, London: Hyphen Press, 2004.

Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography, London: Hyphen Press, 2002.

Klee, P.

Pedagogical sketchbook, London: Faber and Faber, 1968.

Kuwayama, Y.

Trade marks & symbols, 2 vols, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1973.

Leborg, C.

Visual grammar, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

Lidman, D.

Treasury of Stamps: 1,200 rare and beautiful stamps in color, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1975.

Lupton, E.

Thinking with type: a critical guide for designers, writers, editors, and students, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.

Lupton, E. and Miller, J.A. (eds.)

The ABCs of [triangle square circle]: the Bauhaus and design theory, New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1993.

Lutteman, H. and Uggla, M. (eds.)

The Lunning prize, Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1986.

McLean, R.

How typography happens, London: The British Library, 2000.

Jan Tschichold: typographer, Boston: David R. Godine, 1975.

Moholy-Nagy, L.

The new vision: fundamentals of design, painting, sculpture, architecture, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1938.

Vision in motion, Chicago: Paul Theobald  and Co., 1947.

Muller-Brockmann, J.

Grid systems in graphic design: a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers, Sulgen/Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1981.

The graphic designer and his design problems, Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1961.

Muller-Brockmann, J. and S.

History of the poster, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1971.

Munari, B.

Design as art, London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1966.

Air made visible: A visual reader on Bruno Munari, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers, 2000.

Nandaro, A.

Cesky filumenisticky design, Tokyo: PIE Books, 2005.

Nojima, J. et al.

Matchbox label collection 1920s-40s, Tokyo: PIE Books, 2004.

Pack, S.

Film posters of the Russian avant-garde, Koln: Taschen, 1995.

Pflughaupt, L.

Letter by letter: an alphabetical miscellany, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, English ed. 2007.

Rand, P.

From Lascaux to Brooklyn, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996.

A designer’s art, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985.

Thoughts on design, New York: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1947.

Reiner, I.

Grafika: modern design for advertising and printing, New York: Paul A. Struck, 1947.

Remlov, A. (ed.)

Design in Scandinavia: an exhibition of objects for the home, Oslo: Kirstes Boktrykkeri, 1954.

Rowell, M. and Wye, D.

The Russian avant-garde book 1910-1934, New York: Museum of Moden Art, 2002.

Ruder, E.

Typographie, Sulgen/Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG, 1967.

Schlemmer, O. et al.

The theatre of the Bauhaus, Middleton: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.

Schmittel, W.

Corporate design international: definition and benefit of a consistent corporate appearance, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1984.

Schwarz, A.

The complete works of Marcel Duchamp, New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, 2000.

Srp, K. et al.

Karel Teige a typographie, Prague: Arbor Vitae Press, 2009.

Stoddart, J. et al.

Seven hundred penguins, London: Penguin Books, 2007.

Sullivan, L.

Kindergarten chats and other writings, New York: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1947.

Sutnar, L.

Design and paper (13): controlled visual flow, New York: Marquardt and Co., 1943 (reproduced 2003).

Design and paper (19): shape, line and colour, New York: Marquardt and Co.,1945 (reproduced 2003).

Triet, M. and Wobmann, K.

Swiss sports posters, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1983.

Tschichold, J.

Treasury of alphabets and lettering, New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1966.

The new typography (transl. McLean), Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

Vignelli, M.

The Vignelli canon, New York: Adobe PDF, 2008.

Wingler, H.

The Bauhaus : Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago, Cambridge, Mas. : MIT Press, 1978.

Wirth, K.

Drawing: a creative process, Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1976.

Wong, W.

Principles of color design, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987.

Principles of two-dimensional design, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972.

Zahle, E. (ed.)

A treasury of Scandinavian design: the standard authority on Scandinavian-designed furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics, and metal, New York: Golden Press, 1961.

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