series of editorials on prominent designers

emigre is the california-based design duo of rudy vanderlans and zuzana licko, who have been collaborating since the early 1980s.

the couple is renowned for their pioneering use of digital fonts and emigre magazine, one of the most influential graphic design publications of the 1980s and 1990s.

Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko

Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko, 2018.

 

 

 

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Rudy VanderLans born in Voorburg, Netherlands

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i never aspired to make anything but a magazine solely for graphic designers. and i know it gets esoteric at times, but i’d rather not give up on that, because this is the level at which i enjoy investigating graphic design. —rudy vanderlans

 

Cover of Emigre magazine, issue No. 19. Words Starting From Zero and a black zero sign