Wolfgang Weingart is a designer who is more known for his teaching than his design work. He is a teacher at Basel school of design, and has taught many famous designers. I remember doing some research on Wolfgang Weingart and I ran into a one of his quotes that stick with me to this day, "What's the use of being legible, when nothing inspires you to take notice of it?" Weingart was created for creating a new way of thinking about design "New Wave Typography" which went completely against the teachings of Basel School of Design.
Education
- 1941 began his studies at Merz Academy in Stuttgart, Germany
- Learned typesetting, linocut, and wood block printing
- Age of 22 he was offered a position to teach typography at the Basel School of Design
- From 1974 - 1990 he became a instructor at Yale University summer Graphic Design program
- Retired in 2004, but continues to teach a summer program in Basel.
