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»NEUE GALERIE«
CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS.
MODERN ART
A SUBVERSIVE COMMENT ON THE NATURE OF BEAUTY
HISTORIC
MAJOR MUSEUMS TO PRIVATE GALLERIES
MIES VAN DER ROHE
»NEUE GALERIE«
ADHERENTS OF REMODERNISM ADVOCATE IT AS A FORWARD AND RADICAL IMPETUS.
OVER SIX YEARS AGO WE DESIGNED IN COOPERATION WITH ANJA KNUST WE DIGITIZED AND REWORKED MIES VAN DER ROHES SKETCHES OF THE TYPEFACE “ALLZWECK”. DURING THIS INTERESTING HISTORICAL PROJECT WE HAD TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHEN TO STICK TO THE ORIGINAL AND WHEN TO OPTIMIZE IT TYPOGRAPHICALLY.
WE DESIGNED TWO VERSIONS FOR THE “NEUE NATIONALGALERIE”. A HISTORICAL ONE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE ORIGINAL AND AN OPTIMIZED VERSION BASED ON OUR IDEA HOW SUCH A TYPEFACE COULD LOOK LIKE NOWADAYS. “NEUE GALERIE” NOW COMES IN A SILENTLY LUNCHED PUBLIC PREVIEW IN ONLY ONE WEIGHT FOR NOW.
SUPERFLAT ART MOVEMENT
MANY URBAN ARTISTS TRAVEL FROM CITY TO CITY.
A MAJOR DIVISION IN THE ART WORLD IS BETWEEN THE FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT SECTORS, ALTHOUGH IN RECENT YEARS THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY BLURRED.
MOST WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY ART IS EXHIBITED BY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AT COMMERCIAL CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES, BY PRIVATE COLLECTORS, ART AUCTIONS, CORPORATIONS, PUBLICLY FUNDED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS OR BY ARTISTS THEMSELVES IN ARTIST-RUN SPACES.
OUTSTANDING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND INDIVIDUAL COLLECTORS CAN WIELD CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE.
PUBLIC ATTITUDES
NEUE GALERIE
A Classic — In New Shape
In 2010, together with Anja Knust, we reworked Mies van der Rohe’s sketches of the typeface “Allzweck”. During this interesting and historical project we had to carefully consider when to stick to the original and when to optimise it typographically.
NEUE GALERIE finally will be released as a family of 12 weights with the iconic name “NG” at Fontwerk — get a pre-release version right away. Use the link below and get in touch with Fontwerk.
Ein Klassiker — Neu in Form
Anfang 2010 begaben wir uns gemeinsam mit Anja Knust auf die Spuren von Mies van der Rohe. Seine Planskizzen waren Vorlage zur „NNG Allzweck“. Die Digitalisierung und Überarbeitung einer historisch so interessanten Schrift stellte uns vor die Herausforderung, Entscheidungen zwischen „Originaltreue“ und typografisch notwendiger Optimierung zu treffen.
Die NEUE GALERIE wird nun als Familie mit 12 Gewichten unter dem prägnannten Namen „NG“ bei Fontwerk veröffentlicht — schon jetzt ist eine Pre-Release Version erhältlich. Der Link unterhalb führt zu Fontwerk — einfach dort anfragen.
2017 by Ralph du Carrois
12 weights
| 1 width
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