Günter Karl Bose, Germany

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He studied German studies, art history and politics at the University of Freiburg, Germany (1970–76), before becoming a publisher in Berlin (1979–96), at Brinkmann & Bose. From 1993 he became professor of typography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, and since 1998 he has been head of the school’s Typography Department and Institute for Book Design. He has owned LMN-Studio in Berlin since 2000. He lives and works in Berlin and Leipzig as a graphic designer and typography. Bose is a consultant for Deutsche Oper Berlin, musica viva (Bayerischer Rundfunk), Kunststiftung NRW, Literaturhaus Berlin, Kleist-Museum and Berliner Festspiele. Selected bibliography: Plakate + andere Drucksachen für musica viva (Munich: Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2005); Area: 100 Graphic Designers (New York & London: Phaidon, 2003); IDEA Magazine 292 (Tokyo, 2002). Selected exhibitions: ‘Text als Bild’, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2006; ‘Plakate + andere Drucksachen’, Munich, 2005; ‘Summit.

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    Günter Karl Bose, Germany (2000)

    He studied German studies, art history and politics at the University of Freiburg, Germany (1970–76), before becoming a publisher in Berlin (1979–96), at Brinkmann & Bose. From 1993 he became...

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    Günter Karl Bose, Germany (2000)

    He studied German studies, art history and politics at the University of Freiburg, Germany (1970–76), before becoming a publisher in Berlin (1979–96), at Brinkmann & Bose. From 1993 he became professor of typography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, and since 1998 he has been head of the school’s Typography Department and Institute for Book Design. He has owned LMN-Studio in Berlin since 2000. He lives and works in Berlin and Leipzig as a graphic designer and typography. Bose is a consultant for Deutsche Oper Berlin, musica viva (Bayerischer Rundfunk), Kunststiftung NRW, Literaturhaus Berlin, Kleist-Museum and Berliner Festspiele. Selected bibliography: Plakate + andere Drucksachen für musica viva (Munich: Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2005); Area: 100 Graphic Designers (New York & London: Phaidon, 2003); IDEA Magazine 292 (Tokyo, 2002). Selected exhibitions: ‘Text als Bild’, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2006; ‘Plakate + andere Drucksachen’, Munich, 2005; ‘Summit.

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