By: Matthew Funk
Born in 1941 in Salem Valley, Germany, Weingart was the leading individual in creating the “New Wave” Movement and his work is classified as Swiss typography. Weingart spend most of his childhood in Germany where he grew up and eventually went on to attend the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. He would go on to study design there for two years until his departure to do other things. Those things would include meeting Karl-August Hanke who would go on to be his mentor for a couple of years in Switzerland, Where Weinhart further developed his style and continued to learn. Throughout Weingart’s life, he has taught many students and his typographic influence is still heavily seen in modern-day design. Travelling the world to teach meant that there was nowhere in the world that didn’t see the influence of his teaching and design. He has written books about his typographic style and experience and has gone on to win numerous awards for his outstanding influence in the post-modern world.
Work Cited.
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, March 10). Wolfgang Weingart. Wikipedia. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Weingart.
Wolfgang Weingart: Biography, designs and facts. Famous Graphic Designers. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/wolfgang-weingart.
