Christof Gassner, Germany

AGI member since 1988

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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 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.

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    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...

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    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 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

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    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

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    Professor of graphic design and typography

    • Undergraduate,  
    • Postgraduate

    1986 – 1993

    • Fachhochschule Darmstadt (Germany)

    Professor of graphic design

    • Undergraduate,  
    • Postgraduate

    1993 – 2006

    • Kunsthochschule Kassel (Germany)

    Agencies

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    • Braun AG

      1962 – 1963

    • DM-Test Verlag

      1964 – 1966

    • Christoff Gassner Grafik-Design

      1966 – present

    Awards

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    • 1986

    Bienale Brno: Gold Medal and Icograda Excellence Award

    • 1994

    Deutsches Plakatmuseum Essen: Dr. Rudolf Brandes Prize

    • 2006, 2015

    reddot award: best of the best
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