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.

Der Schatten
Jan Lenica

Der Schatten

  • Late Modern
1968
Poster for the Film ‘Adam 2’
Jan Lenica

Poster for the Film ‘Adam 2’

  • Late Modern
1968
Graphische Werbekunst. Internationale Schau Zeitgemässer Reklame
Jan Tschichold

Graphische Werbekunst. Internationale Schau Zeitgemässer Reklame

  • Modern
  • / New Typography
1927
It’s Vacation Time in the Berkshires
John Held

It’s Vacation Time in the Berkshires

  • Art Deco
1926
YKO Kohlepapier
Joost Schmidt

YKO Kohlepapier

  • Bauhaus
  • / Early Modern
1926
Placards Posters Plakate
Josef Albers

Placards Posters Plakate

  • Bauhaus
  • / Early Modern
1934
Kunstverein Laupheim Ausstellung Schranne, Zürcher Konkrete Kunst
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Kunstverein Laupheim Ausstellung Schranne, Zürcher Konkrete Kunst

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1979
Shizuko Yoshikawa, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Engadiner Kollegium St. Moritz
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Shizuko Yoshikawa, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Engadiner Kollegium St. Moritz

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1981
Tonhalle St. Galler Kammerchor
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Tonhalle St. Galler Kammerchor

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1952
Tonhalle, de Boer-Reitz-Quartett
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Tonhalle, de Boer-Reitz-Quartett

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1952
Opera Factory, Beruf Arlechino
Max Bill

Opera Factory, Beruf Arlechino

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1983
Zürcher Künstler, Konkrete und Phantastische Richtungen Galerieräume Jebensstrasse 2
Max Bill

Zürcher Künstler, Konkrete und Phantastische Richtungen Galerieräume Jebensstrasse 2

  • Modern
  • / Swiss Style
1969

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