Tania Prill (Zurich)

I came across the image below in Area and was immediately drawn to the symbols that somewhat resembled layered alphabet characters. The layering of them, however, transforms their meaning completely and we are left with an icon that is unrecognisable and, in my opinion, quite beautiful. In fact, they are rather similar to the grid based work found in Norm's book 'The Things'.

(Below) "Self-commissioned poster Faxaction conceived in memory of Swiss typographer and teacher Hans-Rudolf Lutz / Switzerland / 2002 / In January 1998, while working on the conception of his exhibition Werkschau Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Hans-Rudolf Lutz passed away. His friends followed through with the exhibition, which took place in the Visosuisse Factory, Emmenbrucke, a few months later. A fax machine was installed in the exhibition space, allowing people from around the world to react to the loss. The faxes became part of the exhibition and a selection was used to make up this poster." - Area (Phaidon) p.274