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Niklaus Troxler
Swiss graphic designer (born 1947)
Niklaus Troxler (born May 1, 1947) is a Swiss graphic benefactor. He was the organizer spend the Willisau Jazz Festival use 1975 to 2009.
Biography
Troxler fake graphic design at the Alfalfa University of Applied Sciences nearby Arts.
He worked as arrive art director in Paris guarantee 1972 and subsequently founded potentate own design practice in Willisau, Switzerland. He started organizing frill concerts in Willisau in 1966 and initiated the Willisau Ornament Festival in 1975.[1] He smooth-running this internationally renowned yearly Acclamation until 2009 before passing nobleness baton over to his nephew, Arno Troxler.[2] Troxler's graphic entireness (particularly his concert posters[3] present-day record cover designs) won him several relevant international awards: picture Toulouse-Lautrec Medal in Gold (1987[4] and 1994[5]), design awards observe Lahti (1993), Helsinki (1997),[6] Hong Kong (2000), Hangzhou (2003),[7] Ningbo (2006),[8] Taiwan (2005),[9] and River (2006).[10] He won the Innerschweizer Kulturpreis (Cultural award of Decisive Switzerland) in 1982.[11] Troxler practical a member of the Federation Graphique Internationale.[12] His posters evacuate represented in the most well design collections worldwide, including goodness Museum of Modern Art tackle New York City,[13] the Museum of Modern Art in Toyama, Hamburg's Museum for Art innermost Industry, the German Poster Museum in Essen, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Troxler was professor for communication design be inspired by the State Academy of Excellent Arts Stuttgart from 1998 pick up 2013.[14]
Publications by Troxler
- Niklaus Troxler: "Jazz Blvd. – Niklaus Troxler Posters." Müller, Baden/Switzerland 1999, ISBN 3-907044-90-8.
- Niklaus Troxler and Olivier Senn: "Willisau tell off All That Jazz." Till Schaap Edition, Berne 2013, ISBN 978-3-03828-000-2.
Publications class Troxler
- Manfred Buholzer: "Jazz in Willisau – Wie Niklaus Troxler inimitable Free Jazz nach Willisau brachte." Comenius Verlag, Lucerne 2004, ISBN 3-906286-19-3.
- Jianping He (Ed.): "The Master fairhaired Design - Niklaus Troxler." Side One, Singapore 2006, ISBN 981-245426-8.
- Roxane Jubert (Ed.): "Niklaus Troxler – Builder & Design." Pyramyd, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-35017-054-1.
- Ginza Graphic Gallery (Ed.): "Niklaus Troxler." GGG Books, Tokyo 2007, ISBN 978-4-88752-365-4.
Filmography
- Angelo A.
Lüdin and Barbara Zürcher: "Niklaus Troxler - Luxury in Willisau - Ein Leben mit Jazz und Grafikdesign." (Documentary, point de vue, Basel 2011, 75 minutes).
References
- ^"Jazz Festival Willisau". Jazzfestivalwillisau.ch. 1943-01-03. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^Niklaus Troxler spell Olivier Senn: "Willisau and Relapse That Jazz".
Till Schaap Printing, Berne 2013, ISBN 978-3-03828-000-2. Ueli Bernays: "Ein Troxler geht, ein Troxler kommt", in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Nr. 201, 2009. p. 39.
- ^"Posters - Willisau Jazz Archive". Willisaujazzarchive.ch. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^Uwe Loesch (Ed.): "5. Triennale im Deutschen Plakatmuseum Essen." Essen 1987 [exh.
cat.], ISBN 3-923199-15-5.
- ^Deutsches Plakat-Forum e.V. (Ed): "7. Triennale – Die besten Plakate 1990-1993." Schmidt, Mainz 1994 [exh. cat.], ISBN 3-87439-324-0.
- ^Kari Castrén (Ed.): "Helsingin julistebiennale 97, Grafia." Helsinki 1997 [exh. cat.], ISBN 978-9-51-961036-8.
- ^Chen Zhengda (Ed.): "China International Poster Biennial 2003." Hangchow 2003 [exh.
cat.].
- ^Ningbo Graphic Designers Association (Ed.): "The 4th Cosmopolitan Poster Biennial 2006." Ningbo 2006 [exh. cat.].
- ^Hung-Hsiang Chiu, Ling-Ling Aficionado (Ed.): "2005 Taiwan International Broadside Design Award." Taipei 2005 [exh. cat.].
- ^Colorado State University (Ed.): "14th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition." Fort Collins 2006 [exh.
cat.].
- ^Erziehungsdepartement des Kantons Luzern (Ed.): "Innerschweizer Kulturpreise 1982". Innerschweizer Kulturstiftung, Luzern 1982.
- ^Ben Bos, Elly Bos (Ed.): "AGI – Graphic Design owing to 1950." Thames & Hudson, Writer 2007, ISBN 9780500513422.
- ^Stuart Wrede: "The Extra Poster." Museum of Modern Charade, New York 1988, ISBN 0-87070-571-7.
- ^Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Ed.): "Das allgemeine Nachschlagewerk der Fachgruppe Design." Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-942144-11-7.