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The Thonet brand: a look at its graphic design history

Also Known As: Marke Thonet : ein Blick auf ihre grafische Geschichte

by  Lilo Schafer

Description

Thonet was founded in 1819 and has since become a furniture manufacturer with the highest standards of design and quality. Worldwide, the name is associated with famous design classics of our time. The graphic design behind the Thonet brand is explored for the very first time, along with the development of signets and printed goods parallel to the furniture design and the aesthetics of the age. More than 100 exhibits from the Thonet archives are presented - from the first 19th-century sales posters, adorned with ornaments like the furniture of the period, to the reduced-format catalogs from the 1920s, to the creation of a timeless image from 1974. Discussions with designers of the brand from 1969 complete the volume. -- Thonet, gegru?ndet 1819, versteht sich als Mo?belhersteller mit ho?chsten Anspru?chen an Gestaltung und Wertigkeit. Weltweit wird ihr Name mit beru?hmten Designklassikern unserer Zeit in Verbindung gebracht. Dieses Buch blickt erstmals auf die grafische Gestaltung der Marke Thonet und veranschaulicht die Entwicklung von Signets und Drucksachen parallel zum Mo?beldesign und der A?sthetik der jeweiligen Zeit. Chronologisch werden u?ber 100 Exponate aus den Thonet-Archiven pra?sentiert ? angefangen bei den ersten Verkaufsplakaten im 19. Jahrhundert, die wie die Mo?bel der Zeit mit Ornamenten verziert waren, u?ber die reduziert gestalteten Kataloge der 1920er-Jahre bis zum Aufbau des zeitlosen Images ab 1974. Gespra?chsaufzeichnungen mit den Gestaltern der Marke ab 1969 runden den Band ab

Table Of Contents

  • 1819-1889: Corporate history
  • 1819-1851: From Boppard am Rhein to Vienna
  • 1851-1855: Success and progress of "Gebru?der Thonet"
  • 1856-1889: Expansion and mass production
  • 1859-ca. 1921: Communication
  • 1859-1912: First sales posters and catalogues
  • 1859-ca. 1921: Internal communication
  • 1908: The catalogue as an internal register
  • 1909-1918: Stagnation
  • 1914-1918: Results of the First World War
  • 1862-today: Signets of the Thonet brand
  • 1862-1922: Process of label design
  • 1929: Thonet the global brand
  • 1930: Bentwood pictogram
  • 1930: Stencil typeface
  • 1934: Tubular steel pictogram
  • Thonet-Mundus
  • 1938: Furniture pictograms
  • ca. 1940: Wordmarks in the 1940s
  • 1952: Logo draft
  • 1969: Written with ligatures
  • 1980-today: Logo additions
  • 1919-1942: New concept of life
  • 1919-ca. 1930: Gebru?der Thonet AG and Thonet-Mundus
  • 1920: New objectivity
  • 1929: Patent on tubular steel furniture
  • 1930-1937: Special section for tubular steel furniture
  • 1934: Catalogue for tubular steel furniture
  • 1945-1959: Post-war period
  • 1945-1959: Reconstruction after the Second World War
  • 1952-1959: "Good design" in the 1950s
  • 1961-1968: The 1960s
  • 1969: 150th anniversary of Thonet
  • ca. 1920-1994: Slogans
  • 1969-1971: Fedor Kritovac
  • 1969-1971: Agency Jan Kettman
  • 1974-1988: Atelier Franz Bachmann
  • 1974-1988: Franz Bachmann
  • convinced of the chair of all chairs
  • 1974: "Identity programme"
  • 1986: Thonet, the original
  • ca. 1940-1986: Trade fair invitation cards
  • 1989: Agency Kreutz und partner
  • 1990-1995: Agency Nolte, photographer: Till Lesser
  • 1996-1998: Textasy
  • 1998-2000: Heine/Lenz/Zizka
  • 2001-2001: Judith Brauner
  • 2014-today: New catalogue concept
  • 2017: Greetings from designers

Subject

History / Catalogs / Chairs / Branding (Marketing) / Graphic design (Typography) / Product design / 20th century

Details

Published Salenstein,Switzerland : Niggli, 2019
Language Multiple languages
Material 198 p.
ISBN 3721209850 / 9783721209853
Location
TCDC Bangkok - General Collection

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