Christof Gassner, Germany (1988)
Christof Gassner was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the guidance of Walter Käch and Josef Müller-Brockmann. Followed by various industry and publishing assignments. Then starting in 1966, set up...
Read full biographyChristof Gassner was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the guidance of Walter Käch and Josef Müller-Brockmann. Followed by various industry and publishing assignments. Then starting in 1966, set up own graphic design studio in Frankfurt am Main; relocated to Darmstadt in 1992. The design studio specializes in editorial design, corporate design, typography, poster, book and stamp design. In the 1980s: ecological projects, co-founder and art director of Öko-Test Magazin, 1986–2006: professor of graphic design and typography at the Fachhochschule Darmstadt and at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, then visiting lecturer in China.
Publications
Alltag Ökologie Design – The Ecology of Form and Content
(1994)
- Jörg Stürzebecher,
- Dirk Maxeiner,
- Jürgen Räuschel,
- Christof Gassner,
- Gabriele Lorenzer,
- Victor Malsy
Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz
Between lifestyle and muesli was where Christof Gassner sought and found a new visual language when he designed the “Öko-Test” layout in the 80s.
Thema und Variationen – Canton Plakate 1983–1995
(1996)
- Frieder Mellinghoff,
- Christof Gassner
Canton
22 posters on the topic: pure music
Plakat Holz Lettern
(2009)
- Christof Gassner,
- Katrin Holst
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
A large-sized book which is simply very attractive, documenting with ist reproduction of wooden poster typesetting of various alphabets more than just history of advertising and typography in the 19th century. (jury Stidtung Buchkunst)
Darmstadt Texte Typen
(2013)
- Christof Gassner,
- Katrin Holst
Christof Gassner, Katrin Holst
This book represents a congenial symbioses oft he town of Darmstadt with traditional printing techniques and craftsmanship. (jury red dot award)
Education
Professor of graphic design and typography
- Undergraduate,
- Postgraduate
1986 – 1993
- Fachhochschule Darmstadt (Germany)
Professor of graphic design
- Undergraduate,
- Postgraduate
1993 – 2006
- Kunsthochschule Kassel (Germany)
Awards
1986
1994
2006, 2015