Will Burtin Quotes

Germany, Graphic Designer
January 17, 1908 – January, 18, 1972.

Will Burtin was a graphic designer from Cologne, Germany, known for interrelating design and scientific concepts within his exhibits. He was an influential designer, educator, and theorist in Germany and the United States.

The designer must think first and work later.

Will Burtin
- Designer
- Must
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Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface is also a visual record of the person who created it - his skill as a designer, his philosophy as an artist, his feeling for... the details of each letter and the resulting impressions of an alphabet or a text line.

Will Burtin
- History
- Feeling
- Person

The essential function of the (design) profession in our society is to enhance and cultivate communications toward: Easier understanding of ideas and complex problems, in the shortest possible time and higher visual and auditory retention of data.

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- Design
- Problems
- Possible