Graphic designer Richard Niessen is fond of typographic posters. He likes to see them hang on a wall, but he gets an even bigger thrill out of playing with them, stack- ing them up, cutting them out, twisting them around like a roadmap or a board game. They are his favorite means of expression. He likes to think of books as a compilation of posters.
The set of 26 serigraphs featured in “A Hermetic Compendium of Masonic Typography”, and exhibited for the first time on the occasion of the Saison Graphique 2014 in Le Havre, should be described not only as specimens, but also as clues to Niessen’s universe.
A non exhaustive sum- mary of his lifework with an introduction by Tony Côme, this Compendium allows links to be forged between exhibits, creating a network from which three main constellations emerge: Sign, Symbol and Ornament.
Meet Richard Niessen’s limitless experimental field, his variable geometry playground.
Welcome to the hermetic citadel!
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