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Yale/Brissago :: Summer Program in Graphic Design -- Lecture #05
Brissago students summer 1981: (not in order) Ellen Mrazek, Monica Miro, Nina Raab, Zoe Strickler, Ken Maginnis, Nancy Spelbrink, Scott Blair, Cindi Zech, Lynn Olvey, Patty Casey, Michael Kroeger, Nancy Belford, Martha Gasparini, Kristie Williams, Janet Shaughnessy, Julie Dworschack, Jenny McChesney, Oscar Fernàndez, Mary Mellili. Also pictured: Arno, Philip Burton, and Mama Fererri in front of the Ticino restaurant.

The summer program started in the early 1970s at Kent State University by J. Charles Walker and Armin Hofmann. The five week workshop features internationally recognized designers and artist. Each instructor teaches for one week in the school house in Brissago on Lake Maggiore. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet interesting people, enjoy Switzerland, and develop your design skills from an incredible staff.

Program
The intensive five-week residential program provides a structured cirriculum of theoretical studies and practical exercises dealing with various aspects of graphic design. Included are visual semantics, three-dimensional design, typography, color, poster design, and drawing. All classes are conducted in English. Studio courses are augmented by evening lectures and excursions to places af art and architectural significance in Switzerland, Italy, and France. Time is devoted to a photographic documentation of local historical architectural details.

Location
Located in the Swiss canton of Ticino, Brissago dates back to Roman times and was officially founded in the 14th century. The village lies just north of the Italian border at the foot of Monte Gridone and on the edge of Lake Maggiore, a lake which extends from Locarno forty-one miles south into Italy. This area is one of few in Europe that enjoys a semi-tropical climate.

Faculty
Philip Burton -- University of Illinois at Chicago
Armin Hofmann -- Basel, Yale University
Dorothea Hofmann -- Artist, Basel, Luzern
Pierre Mendell -- Graphic Designer, Munich
Paul Rand -- Yale University
Richard Sapper -- Industrial Designer, Milan
Wolfgang Weingart -- School of Design, Basel

1986 Yale/Brissago sketch -- Armin Hofmann 1985 Yale/Brissago sketch -- Paul Rand

Source
Yale University mailer, personal experience

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