Type 6

Structure and Frames

The visual language suitable for Type 6 is based on the use of frames, segments and repetition. Grids for placing elements are created, formed from geometric shapes – mainly squares and rectangles. Text is placed inside the frames and shapes or is itself a frame.

The patterns and repetition of elements help to reduce anxiety by creating a sense of order and predictability. Type 6 reacts strongly to uncertainty, instability and the unexpected, so they are drawn to systematicity. Abstract wave-like forms, dynamics and deviations from an already established system will cause discomfort. Geometric structures, on the contrary, are perceived as reliable and safe. In addition, they correspond to the rational and analytical way of perception of Type 6.

How to Build a Human
Eleanor Lutz

How to Build a Human

  • Post-postmodern
2016
Typographic Design
Eleanor Lutz

Typographic Design

  • Post-postmodern
2016
Poster for an Exhibition of Artworks in Wiesbaden, Munich
Emil Pirchan

Poster for an Exhibition of Artworks in Wiesbaden, Munich

  • Early Modern
  • / Plakatstil
1913
Doppelt So Viele Freie Wähler Als Mitglieder Aller Parteien Entscheiden Unsere Parteipolitik
Ernst Keller

Doppelt So Viele Freie Wähler Als Mitglieder Aller Parteien Entscheiden Unsere Parteipolitik

  • Modern
1936
Museum Rietberg Zurich
Ernst Keller

Museum Rietberg Zurich

  • Late Modern
1955
Poster for the Film ‘Parisian Woman’
Georgy & Vladimir Stenberg

Poster for the Film ‘Parisian Woman’

  • Constructivism
  • / Early Modern
1923
Poster for the film ‘Six Girls Seeking Shelter’
Georgy & Vladimir Stenberg

Poster for the film ‘Six Girls Seeking Shelter’

  • Constructivism
  • / Early Modern
1928
Poster for the film ‘The General’
Georgy & Vladimir Stenberg

Poster for the film ‘The General’

  • Constructivism
  • / Early Modern
1926
Ulmer Museum, Castellani, Honegger, Schoonhoven
Gottfried Honegger

Ulmer Museum, Castellani, Honegger, Schoonhoven

  • Post Modern
1981
Konstruktive Grafik
Hans Neuburg

Konstruktive Grafik

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1958
Ausstellung Europaisches Kunstgewerbe
Herbert Bayer

Ausstellung Europaisches Kunstgewerbe

  • Modern
1927
German People — German Work Exhibition, Berlin
Herbert Bayer

German People — German Work Exhibition, Berlin

  • Modern
1934

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