Lecture
Published 23. 11. 2023
Laurenz Brunner
November 28th, 2023, 18.00
UMPRUM, nám. Jana Palacha 80, Prague 1, 1st floor, lecture room 115
Free admission, lecture will be held in English.
The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague will host a lecture by Laurenz Brunner, a Swiss typographer specializing in editorial and communication design, visual identity and type design.
Laurenz Brunner (CH) specializes in editorial and communication design, visual identity and type design. His studio is currently located in an old car workshop in Zurich (formerly in Amsterdam and Berlin). His work explores the balance between alternative and pop culture, concept and improvisation, art history and science fiction. Recent and ongoing projects include Schauspielhaus Zürich, Studio Barnhus, documenta 14, Spotify, Hamburger Bahnhof, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, The Most Beautiful Swiss Books and Hauser & Wirth Publishing.
In 2022, Brunner launched Source Type, a platform for typographic research and visual literacy. Source Type has published the typefaces Rapid (2022), Karl (2022) and Reform (2023). In addition, Laurenz is a member of the Swiss typeface house Lineto, where he published Akkurat (2004), Circular (2014) and Bradford (2018).
Brunner has taught graphic design at Rietveld Academie and has been a guest critic at Yale School of Arts, USA; Werkplaats Typografie, NL and ECAL, CH. He has twice won the Swiss Federal Design Prize (2006, 2012) and several awards for Best Swiss Book, Best Dutch Book Design and Best Books from Around the World.