The stunning technique and design mastery of Basel designer/printer Romano Hänni is on view for the first time in the U.S. in this important exhibition of hand-printed books. A former student at the Basel School of Design with such teachers as Wolfgang Weingart, Hänni tends to avoid the fashionable excesses of 'deep impression' letterpress effects, returning instead to the core values of traditional printing technique and modernist European design. Hänni and partner Martin Sommer have also forged a reputation as designers of magazines and newspapers, most prominently the Basler Zeitung (1983–2003). This exhibition also featured examples of their computer-aided publication design.

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