Words Form Language

From 1953 onwards, together with Dieter Roth and Marcel Wyss, Gomringer co-published the artist’s magazine spirale, that formed the starting point for his form of poetry.
This publication was created following extensive research in archives in Switzerland and Germany. The book combines original images and selected works from Gomringer’s long-standing collaborations as art director and copy-writer for various companies. It also contains the theoretical essay “vom vers zur konstellation” (from verse to constellation), Gomringer’s original manifesto published in 1954.

With a forword by Roland Früh.

Simon Mager is a German graphic designer, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He graduated with a Master in Art Direction from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, where he continued to work as a teaching assistant and visiting lecturer. Since 2016 he runs the collaborative design practice Omnigroup together with Leonardo Azzolini. The studio works in the field of type and graphic design for international clients and is active in research and education. In 2017 the studio won the Swiss Design Award. In 2019 Simon Mager was awarded the Josef Müller-Brockmann Prize.