Jan Tschichold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Tschichold

graphic designer (1902-1974)

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1902

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1974

Profession: type designer, graphic designer, lecturer

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jan Tschichold (2 April 1902 Leipzig, Germany – 11 August 1974 Locarno, Switzerland) (born as Johannes Tzschichhold, also Iwan Tschichold, Ivan Tschichold) was a calligrapher, typographer and book designer.
He played a significant role in the development of graphic design in the 20th century – first, by developing and promoting principles of typographic modernism, and subsequently (and ironically) idealizing conservative typographic structures.
His direction of the visual identity of Penguin Books in the decade following World War II served as a model for the burgeoning design practice of planning corporate identity programs.
He also designed the much-admired typeface Sabon.



Description	Danish photographer
Date of birth/death	18 November 1935	14 January 2018
Location of birth	Copenhagen
Authority control	: Q689120 VIAF: 85027074 ISNI: 0000 0001 1772 9226 LCCN: n00027928 GND: 122067223 SUDOC: 052485188 WorldCat