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From 1991, he worked as a freelancer and started his own studio, which he moved to Zurich in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> He designed a number of award-winning posters for the [[Rote Fabrik]], the [[Museum für Gestaltung Zürich|Museum für Gestatung Zurich]] and other institutions. That same year, he founded the type foundry [[Lineto]] with Stephan Müller, which launched online as Lineto.com in 1998. |
From 1991, he worked as a freelancer and started his own studio, which he moved to Zurich in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> He designed a number of award-winning posters for the [[Rote Fabrik]], the [[Museum für Gestaltung Zürich|Museum für Gestatung Zurich]] and other institutions. That same year, he founded the type foundry [[Lineto]] with Stephan Müller, which launched online as Lineto.com in 1998. |
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In 1997, he was awarded the Jan Tschichold award, which is |
In 1997, he was awarded the Jan Tschichold award, which is by the [[Federal Department of Home Affairs|Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)]] for book design. From 2007 to 2010, Windlin was the president of the jury for the [[Most Beautiful Swiss Books]]. He was awarded the Design Prize Switzerland in 2011.<ref name=":0" /> |
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He moved to Berlin in 2011, where he co-founded Alphabet, a software engineering company for the production of type, before returning to Zurich to his own studio in 2016.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barbieri |first=Chiara |url=https://www.scheidegger-spiess.ch/files/files/SGDH_Band-02_MultipleVoices.pdf |title=Swiss graphic design histories |last2=Berthod |first2=Jonas |last3=Delamadeleine |first3=Constance |last4=Fornari |first4=Davide |last5=Owens |first5=Sarah |date=2021 |publisher=Scheidegger & Spiess |others= |isbn=978-3-03942-019-3 |volume=2: Multiple Voices |location=Zurich |pages=179 |oclc=1261498255}}</ref> |
He moved to Berlin in 2011, where he co-founded Alphabet, a software engineering company for the production of type, before returning to Zurich to his own studio in 2016.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barbieri |first=Chiara |url=https://www.scheidegger-spiess.ch/files/files/SGDH_Band-02_MultipleVoices.pdf |title=Swiss graphic design histories |last2=Berthod |first2=Jonas |last3=Delamadeleine |first3=Constance |last4=Fornari |first4=Davide |last5=Owens |first5=Sarah |date=2021 |publisher=Scheidegger & Spiess |others= |isbn=978-3-03942-019-3 |volume=2: Multiple Voices |location=Zurich |pages=179 |oclc=1261498255}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:00, 19 April 2023
Cornel Windlin (*1964) is a Swiss graphic and type designer whose work has received critical acclaim, been exhibited in museums and published in design books and publications.[1] He studied graphic design at the Schule für Gestaltung in Lucerne.[2] He moved to London in 1987 to work for the graphic designer and typographer Neville Brody.[3] In 1988, after completing his course in Lucerne, he joined Brody's studio on a permanent basis. In 1990, he left to work as a designer and art editor at The Face magazine.
From 1991, he worked as a freelancer and started his own studio, which he moved to Zurich in 1993.[2] He designed a number of award-winning posters for the Rote Fabrik, the Museum für Gestatung Zurich and other institutions. That same year, he founded the type foundry Lineto with Stephan Müller, which launched online as Lineto.com in 1998.
In 1997, he was awarded the Jan Tschichold award, which is bestowed by the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland) for book design. From 2007 to 2010, Windlin was the president of the jury for the Most Beautiful Swiss Books. He was awarded the Design Prize Switzerland in 2011.[2]
He moved to Berlin in 2011, where he co-founded Alphabet, a software engineering company for the production of type, before returning to Zurich to his own studio in 2016.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Cornel Windlin - Linotype Font Designer Gallery". web.archive.org. 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b c Grand, Lurker, ed. (2015). Die Not hat ein Ende = The swiss art of Rock. Zurich: Patrick Frey. p. 368. ISBN 978-3-905929-77-5. OCLC 899147828.
- ^ "Cornel Windlin – Biographies – eMuseum Museum für Gestaltung Zürich Archiv Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK". web.archive.org. 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Barbieri, Chiara; Berthod, Jonas; Delamadeleine, Constance; Fornari, Davide; Owens, Sarah (2021). Swiss graphic design histories (PDF). Vol. 2: Multiple Voices. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess. p. 179. ISBN 978-3-03942-019-3. OCLC 1261498255.