rest.art

biography

 

_donato resta, artist, lives in Italy, and Germany

 

_studied: typography

 

_graduation: School of Art Zurich, Switzerland (KGSZ, Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich) ′81

 

most influenced by Hansrudolf Bosshard (KGSZ, Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich), Max Miedinger (designer of the Helvetica typeface) and Adrian Frutiger (designer of the Univers-typeface etc.)

 

I am proud to have met these valuable people personally - they set me on the right path, especially my study phase under the guidance of the great typographer/artist/teacher, Hansrudolf Bosshard. I owe my current, differentiated view of many things in my life as a typographer/artist to him.