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On the road with Rosmarie Tissi
Rosmarie Tissi (*1937) has been a graphic designer for almost 60 years. She is currently working on her new book, which will be out in spring 2018. Curator Daniela Schwab interviewed Rosmarie Tissi about her work, experiences and views.
Daniela Schwab is a historian and curator for prints, old prints and rare books as well as Swiss graphic design at the Swiss National Museum.
Some of your works are currently on show in the exhibition “10 x Swiss Graphic Design. From draft to print”. I personally love the draft and poster for the “World City Expo Tokyo 1996”. How did this idea come about?
Rosmarie Tissi: It was a poster campaign. The Japanese, Europeans and Americans took turns in designing a poster to draw attention to the proposed model city on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. I found it difficult at first to develop a poster idea for a city that didn’t exist yet. One evening, I was standing by the window in our Schipfe studio [in Zurich] looking out at the lights reflected in the Limmat River. The block of black Japanese text was ready, and I pictured this as the outline of the imaginary city with its lights reflecting in the sea.
Are there also stories behind the origin of other objects in the e • The graphic design studio Odermatt & Tissi was founded in Zurich in 1968 by Siegfried Odermatt and Rosmarie Tissi, both of whom are considered pioneers of graphic design. The studio’s work has been published in numerous magazines, has won many awards, and has been exhibited internationally, including in Offenbach am Main and Essen, both in Germany; New York; Zurich; and Tokyo. Tissi was born in Thayngen, close to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1937. She trained as a graphic designer at the Schule für Gestaltung Zürich, followed by four years of vocational training: two in Winterthur and two in Zurich. She has shared a studio with Siegfried Odermatt since graduating, yet has developed her own voice and has worked independently on many projects, in a playful style which stands in contrast with the rigidity of Swiss typography. Tissi has been an AGI (Alliance Graphic Internationale) member since 1974 and has received numerous distinctions and awards for her work. She has lectured at many design events, in Mexico, San Diego, London, and Tehran, and has been guest workshop teacher in Montreal, New Haven, Philadelphia, Spain, and Shanghai. Additionally, she designed distinctive typefaces such as Sinaloa and Mindanao. Tissi created three rem • Rosmarie Tissi Thayngen, Schweiz, 1937 Who’s WhoTM RSI SGM 1960–90
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