Emil Ruder

Emil Ruder
Born
Emil Ruder

(1914-03-20)20 March 1914
Zürich
Died13 March 1970(1970-03-13) (aged 55)
Basel
Known forTypographer and Designer
MovementInternational Typographic Style

Emil Ruder (20 March 1914 – 13 March 1970) was a Swiss typographer and graphic designer, who with Armin Hofmann joined the faculty of the Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design).[1] One of the main masters of Swiss design.[2][3]

He is distinguishable in the field of typography for developing a holistic approach to designing and teaching that consisted of philosophy, theory and a systematic practical methodology.[4] He expressed lofty aspirations for graphic design, writing that part of its function was to promote 'the good and the beautiful in word and image and to open the way to the arts' (TM, November 1952 Issue).[5]: 160  He was one of the major contributors to Swiss Style design. He taught that typography's purpose was to communicate ideas through writing, as well as placing a heavy importance on Sans-serif typefaces.[6] No other designer since Jan Tschichold was as committed as Ruder to the discipline of letterpress typography or wrote about it with such conviction.[5]: 218 

  1. ^ Meggs, Philip (2011). Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 363. ISBN 9781118017760.
  2. ^ Vasileva E. (2021) The Swiss Style: Its Prototypes, Origins and the Regulation Problem // Terra Artis. Arts and Design, 3, 84-101.
  3. ^ Hollis R. Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920—1965. New Haven: Yale University Press: 2001.
  4. ^ Kenna, Hilary. "Emil Ruder". Type4SCRN. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b Hollis, Richard (2006). Swiss Graphic Design. London: Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 0300106769.
  6. ^ "Emil Ruder". Design Is History. Retrieved 6 November 2013.