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№ 042 / 2026
19 — 23 Oct · Zürich
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Museum für Gestaltung · Toni-Areal · Schauspielhaus

Zürich Typografische Woche.

Five days examining the grid as an ethical instrument — lectures, workshops, and printed matter from forty-eight studios continuing the practice after Müller-Brockmann, Gerstner, Lohse, Ruder.

Program

Five days. Twenty-four lectures. One grid.

01
Mon 19
On the Swiss Grid, Revisited
Irma Boom · NL
Toni · Hall 01
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02
Tue 20
Akzidenz — A Biography
Erik Spiekermann · DE
Museum · Aula
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03
Wed 21
Objectivity and Its Discontents
Karel Martens · NL
Schauspielhaus
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04
Thu 22
Neue Haas Grotesk at 70
Christian Schwartz · US
Toni · Hall 02
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05
Fri 23
The Red Asterisk: An Argument
Cornel Windlin · CH
Museum · Aula
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06
Fri 23
Closing Panel — The Grid After AI
Panel (6) · moderated by Laurenz Brunner
Schauspielhaus
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“The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style.”
— Josef Müller-Brockmann, Grid Systems in Graphic Design, 1981.
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№ 042 — FEATURED

The Red Asterisk:
A Keynote by Cornel Windlin

A long-form argument on why a single red mark — the asterisk, the fermata, the accent — carries more weight than a second typeface. 80 minutes. No slides.

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