Turn of the year

For the turn of the year 1980 Atelier Gassner started an edition on the theme of the development of lettering and alphabets. Traces of lettering, in many cases researched at the original locations, were edited as annual gifts, produced in limited editions and in different forms of presentation. From 2010 Gassner Redolfi KG has continued this edition in an expanded sense using typefaces and their visual significance. 1980/81 Mesopotamia – cuneiform script of the Sumerians, clay tablet 1981/82 Egypt – hieroglyphics, screen print, water-coloured 1982/83 Syria – alphabet of the Phoenicians, gold foil embossing 1983/84 South America – Maya alphabet, jaguar head as plaster relief 1984/85 Tibet – original calligraphy by Geshe Thubten 1985/86 China – original calligraphy 1986/87 Germany – Gutenberg’s characters, wooden numbers, book printing 1987/88 Armenia – year as ceramic piece 1988/89 Persia – Pehlevi lettering, seasonal greeting and drawings by Iranian children 1989/90 Central America – Zouche Nuttal Codex – Mixtec pictography 1990/91 Armenian alphabet – by Franz Gassner, embossing 1991/92 Japan – original calligraphy by Mitsue Kono, scroll 1992/93 Greece – alphabet ODOS, enamel tablet and leporello (folded booklet) 1993/94 Africa – lettering of the Tuareg, wet-impressed in handmade paper 1994/95 North Germania – Viking runes, beech rod and leporello (folded booklet) 1995/96 Slovakia – Cyrillic alphabet, post-cards in booklet 1996/97 Sinai – Arabicsalphabet, Nivea, “The Blue Tin from the Red Sea...” 1997/98 America – Morse- alphabet, Morse strips 1998/99 China – Pa-kwa writing, I-Ging, folded poster on India paper 1999/00 Occident – ©, Jesus without centre parting, poster 2000/01 England – SMS “WOT R U TRYNG 2 SAY?” TypoGraphic 56, book-/offset printing 2001/02 Arabia –zero, al-sifr, the greatest nothing, embossing 2002/03 Arabia Mohammed Jesus – poster made at the start of the Iraq War 2003/04 Turkey – Turkish alphabet, poster with a poem by Kundeyt Şurdum 2004/05 Armenia – Georgian/Armenian alphabet in newspaper format 2005/06 Syria – the first alphabet, photo-poster, Umayyaden Mosque Damascus 2006/07 America – “Segoe” from Windows Vista, email 2007/08 Middle East, Caucasus – “Du bist keine Fremde hier in Kalimera”, book about 7 journeys 2008/09 Israel – “Schalom” 2009/10 Tokyo – keep on swinging... 2010/11 GASSNER REDOLFI KG – portrait with punctuation marks