Since 1976 he has been also a contributor to TM (Typographische Montatsblätter), a prominent Swiss typography magazine. He wrote numerous articles and essays on typography for international design magazines such as Baseline, Grafisk Revy, Graphic Design, and Idea. His work has been exhibited in Japan and The Netherlands. Member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) and ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) since 1988. He gave lectures in China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Switzerland. In 2005-06 he was a full-time professor at Hongik University in Seoul.
In 1981 he opened his own studio and designed an outstanding packaging identity for OPC (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.), that is still in use today.įrom 2000 to 2012 he was a lecturer at KDU (Kobe Design University). Since 1977 he lives and works in Osaka, Japan, focusing on corporate design, editorial design, and packaging.
From 1973 to 1976 he worked in Dusseldorf designing publicity material for the German government and the chancellors Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt.
Once completed his studies, he worked in West Berlin and Stockholm, then moved to Montreal to work at Ernst Roch Design, then Vancouver, and Osaka. During the 1960s, he attended AGS Basel-Allgemeine Gewerbeschule (School of Design) studying under Emil Ruder, Kurt Hauert, and Robert Büchler. Helmut Schmid is one of the finest typographers worldwide.īorn in Austria as a German citizen, he was apprenticed as a typesetter.
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