Description
“Bruno 100” is a display typeface created on the occasion of the extensive retrospective exhibition titled “Bruno Tomberg. Inventing Design” at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design in Tallinn. This exhibition offers an overview of Tomberg’s nearly six-decade-long career, exploring for the first time in greater depth his roles as both designer and educator. It also brings a wealth of previously unknown and unexhibited materials to the public. Bruno Tomberg was an interior architect, designer, artist and educator, recognised as a leading voice in Estonian design during its intense development from the early 1960s onward. Through his diverse creative, pedagogical and administrative activities, he embodies the story of Estonian applied art and design. The typeface “Bruno 100” is based on Tomberg’s poster designs from the 70s, strongly reflecting his style as a product and interior designer where diagonal lines and rhombic shapes were frequent motifs throughout his career. A fuzzy texture was added to the type on posters, and exhibition wall texts were roll-painted over stencils to achieve a fabric-like surface to echo the materiality of Tomberg’s textile work and rug designs. The typeface will also be used in the design of the comprehensive monograph published about Bruno Tomberg at the end of March 2025.
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