50. Berliner Type

50 years ago, university professors, designer associations, agency owners, type designers and typographers launched the “Berliner Type” with the noble goal of: A competition for printed verbal and visual information and means of communication.

Fifty years later, a top-class jury of creatives, clients and production experts awarded their awards: one gold, ten awards and 41 diplomas. All submissions are subject to an examination in the areas of conception and text, graphic design, typography, illustration as well as photography, realization (repro, printing, bookbinding).

The award-winning printed works from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are presented on over 200 pages. The introduction provides an outline of the development of typography over the past 50 years. The elaborately designed yearbooks offer a representative look at the German design and agency scene.