Jan Turnovský “The Weltanschauung as an Ersatz Gestalt”

Clemens Th. Schedler

Jan Turnovský (1942–95) was a renowned architect and architectural theorist. The Weltanschauung as an Ersatz Gestalt was Turnovský’s thesis, written in 1978 as a requirement to complete his studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. For more than thirty years, it has remained unpublished until 2016, in facsimile of the original English typoscript with a new introductory essay.

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    Clemens Th. Schedler, Austria (1998)

    Born in Munich on April 15, 1962, grew up in Vorarlberg, has lived in Vienna since 1983. Enters the world of visual design at age 20: one year of art...

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    Jan Turnovský (1942–95) was a renowned architect and architectural theorist. The Weltanschauung as an Ersatz Gestalt was Turnovský’s thesis, written in 1978 as a requirement to complete his studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. For more than thirty years, it has remained unpublished until 2016, in facsimile of the original English typoscript with a new introductory essay.

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    Clemens Th. Schedler, Austria (1998)

    Born in Munich on April 15, 1962, grew up in Vorarlberg, has lived in Vienna since 1983.

    Enters the world of visual design at age 20: one year of art history in Salzburg, four years of commercial art in Vienna at the Höhere Graphische Bundes- Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, three years freelance work for Walter Bohatsch and later for two other (at the time) fun ad agencies. Since 1990, free and freelance visual designer, concept advisor, and project developer.

    In my work, I simply bake good bread.

    Visual resonance spaces
    for looking, reading, and seeing:

    For me, power lies
    in the dignity of the plain,
    in the movement of the simple,
    and in solutions
    that lie close to home.

    Solution means when it is good for everyone.

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    Awards

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    • 2011

    NO MORE SUBMISSIONS to competitions, contests and lottery since
    • 2004, 2005, 2010

    Austrian State Prize for THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AUSTRIAN BOOKS
    • 2006

    Silver Medal BEST BOOK DESIGN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, Stiftung Buchkunst, Leipzig
    • 2003

    BEST BUSINESS POSTER IN GERMANY, Münchner Plakatjury

    Other Professional Activities

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    • Facilitator TŸPO ST. GALLEN – Schule für Gestaltung

      2011 – 2023

    • Facilitator SYMPOSIUM RAABS – Typographic Society of Austria

      2011 – present

    • Facilitator VLOW! – International Conference, Open Space, Award

      2008 – 2016

    • Facilitator TYPO BERLIN – International Design Conference

      2007 – 2009