Kirsten Solveig Schneider, Master student, colleague and artistic executor of Günter Gerhard Lange
Dedicated to Günter Gerhard Lange, the internationally renowned Typographer and former Art Director of H. Berthold AG. With insights into his life and work, his work for H. Berthold AG, his fonts, lectures and publications. I invite you to join me on a journey into GGL’s world of type, his “brittle mistress”, as he himself called it, a world which he sustainably shaped and in so many ways helped to create.
Review: the tgm honors Günter Gerhard Lange
Clubhouse TYPO TALK
On 29 April 2021, from 1.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m., tgm hosted a Clubhouse TYPO TALK to celebrate the 100th birthday of Günter Gerhard Lange. Catherine Avak and Rudolf Paulus Gorbach spoke about GGL, his work and his influence on modern design today.
Zoom-Birthdayparty
The Typographische Gesellschaft München (tgm), which made GGL an honorary member in 1990, has honoured and celebrated him with an open zoom talk on 12 April 2021 at 7 pm.
Blog post on the tgm website
‘On the 100th birthday of Günter Gerhard Lange’ by Michael Lang was published on 8th April.
GGL “8daw” special newsletter
On April 11, 2021, one day before the 100th birthday of Günter Gerhard Lange, the GGL special newsletter of “8daw”: eight days a week – forays through change #30 was published. With contributions by Boris Kochan, Ulrich Müller and an interview conducted with me by Sigrun Borstelmann.
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Thank you in advance!
