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Typographic Systems: Dilatational System

Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1982 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
This program cover also served as the poster for the 1982 Inventionen Experimentelle Musik festival. The dilatational system of design became the visual language for the series.
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1982 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
All text is set on the arcs of concentric circles. Only two ink colors are printed on white stock to create a distinct hierarchy in the way the text is read and understood.
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1983 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
As with the 1982 work this program cover also served as the poster for the 1982 Inventionen Experimentelle Musik festival and experimented with the dilatational system of design.
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1982 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
The circle arcs move in a similar direction toward convergence with the far left arc changing direction as a signal of the interruption in the sequence of program dates.
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1996 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
Another cover in the Inventionen Experimentelle Musik series and here the spine can be clearly seen in the center. 
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Inventionen Experimentelle Musik 1996 cover, Bernard Stein and Nicolaus Ott
Circles rotate from a single pivot point and the ancillary text is set on the vertical.
From Typographic Systems, Princeton Architectural Press
Typographic Systems: Dilatational System
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Typographic Systems: Dilatational System

The departure of the typography from the horizontal position to the arc is visually arresting. The dilatational (expansion from a central point o Read More

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