birth_date: 1942-01-22 00:00:00
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name: Gerard Unger
about: Gerard Unger was a world-renowned type designer. He studied graphic design, typography and type design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and later taught there as well as at at the University of Reading and the University of Leiden. A freelance designer since 1975, he designed stamps, coins, magazines, newspapers, books, logos, corporate identities, and many typefaces.In 1984 he was awarded the H.N. Werkman Prize for his typographic work, for digital type designs in particular, and for his reconciliation of technology and typographic culture. In 1988 he won the Gravisie-prijs for the concept of his typeface Swift, and in 1991 he was awarded the international Maurits Enschedé-Prize. He wrote articles for the trade press, and several larger publ Gerard Unger was a world-renowned type designer. He studied graphic design, typography and type design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and later taught there as well as at at the University of Reading and the University of Leiden. A freelance designer since 1975, he designed stamps, coins, magazines, newspapers, books, logos, corporate identities, and many typefaces.In 1984 he was awarded the H.N. Werkman Prize for his typographic work, for digital type designs in particular, and for his reconciliation of technology and typographic culture. In 1988 he won the Gravisie-prijs for the concept of his typeface Swift, and in 1991 he was awarded the international Maurits Enschedé-Prize. He wrote articles for the trade press, and several larger publications such as ‘Landscape with Letters’, linking the usually limited scope of type and typography with a much wider cultural view. His book ‘Terwijl je leest’ on the process of reading was published in 1995 and a new edition was published in 2006. ...more
death_date: 2018-11-23 00:00:00