Postmodernism in Europe
Rudy VanderLans is a Dutch graphic designer, photographer, and the co-founder of Emigre Fonts with his wife Zuzana Licko.
the original concept for Emigre has gone through quite a few changes. When Emigre started it was meant to be a magazine for emigrant artists and their experiences. It wasn’t a design magazine but a general arts magazine. The idea was to show the work of people who had the experiences of living and traveling in foreign countries, and the effect these experiences had on their creative work.
Emigre is both a magazine and a type design lab.Well, type design is the main business.. They develop, produce, license and distribute typefaces. And then, to challenge themselves creatively and intellectually, and to find ways to test and apply their fonts, they publish a magazine, release music, distribute design and artists books.
As a team, Emigre has been honored with numerous awards including the 1994 Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, and the 1998 Charles Nypels Award for excellence in the field of typography. Emigre is also a recipient of the 1997 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal Award, its highest honors.
Works cited:
https://www.emigre.com/Essays/Other/FileUnderNowhere:ThePhotoAlbumsofRudyVanderLans
https://www.emigre.com/Designer/RudyVanderLans
