Staff Profile:Dr Christopher Burke

Name:

Dr Christopher Burke

Job Title:

Research Fellow (part-time)

Responsibilities:

Researcher (part-time)

Areas of Interest:

Christopher Burke's principal area of research is German typography of the early twentieth century. In particular he has written about two major figures of this period: Paul Renner and Jan Tschichold. Christopher brings his own experience as a typeface designer to bear on examining the work of such designers.

Christopher is currently researching the initial development of Isotype and its later adaptation to a British context.

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Publications:

(Co-editor with Matthew Eve, and introduction) Otto Neurath, From hieroglyphics to Isotype: a visual autobiography. London: Hyphen Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-907259-44-2.

Active literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography. London: Hyphen Press, 2007. pp.336. ISBN 978-0-907259-32-9. 

Paul Renner: the art of typography. London: Hyphen Press, 1998. pp. 224. ISBN 0-907259-12-X. Published simultaneously by Princeton Architectural Press, New York; and in Spanish as Paul Renner: maestro tipógrafo (Valencia: Campgràfic, 2000), pp.xiv + 232.

'Introducción' to Eric Gill, Un ensayo sobre la tipografía (Valencia: Campgràfic, 2004), pp.xi-xlv. Published in English in supplement to tipoGráfica, no.1, 2005, pp.1-5.

'Futura: Biografie einer Schrift' in exhibition catalogue Paul Renner: Maler, Buch- und Schriftgestalter. Wernigerode: Harzmuseum, 2003 (no ISBN).

(Ed. with Robin Kinross, & preface) 'The dispute between Max Bill and Jan Tschichold of 1946, with a later contribution by Paul Renner' in Typography papers, 4, 2000, pp.57-90. ISBN 0-7049-1124-8.

'A landmark of roman capitals in print: the Rome Ptolemy of 1478' in Printing Historical Society Bulletin, no.48, Winter 1999/2000, pp. 5-7, ISSN 0144-7505.

[with P. Córdoba] 'Technics & aesthetics: Czech modernism of the 1920s and 1930s' in Baseline, no.28, 1999, pp.33-40. ISSN 0954-9226

'German hybrid typefaces 1900-1914' in Shaw, Paul & Peter Bain (eds) Blackletter: type and national identity. New York: Cooper Union, 1998. pp.32-9. ISBN 1-56898-125-2. Also in the Spanish edition: La letra gótica: tipo e identitad nacional. Valencia: Campgràfic, 2001. pp.59-69.

'From functionalism to information design' in Information design journal, vol.9, no.1, 1998, pp.51-8. ISSN 0142-5271.

'The authorship of Futura' in Baseline, no.23, 1997, pp.33-40. ISSN 0954-9226.

'The early years 1900-1922' in The Monotype Recorder, Centenary issue; New series, no.10, 1997, pp.4-13. (no ISBN).

'Luxury and Austerity: Willy Wiegand and the Bremer Presse' in Typography papers, 2, 1997, pp.105-128. ISBN 0-7049-1122-1.

'A German sans serif from the early twentieth century' in Printing Historical Society Bulletin, no.39, Summer 1995, p.10. ISSN 0144-7505.

Classic revivals: The Monotype Conference Exhibition 1992 / Back to Basics: Stanley Morison and old face. Monotype Typography, 1992. (Published to accompany an exhibition at Cambridge University Library during the 1992 Monotype Conference). Reprinted with minor corrections in March 1993. pp.20. ISBN 0-900763-27-2.

'Peter Behrens and the German Letter: type design and architectural lettering' in Journal of design history, vol.5, no.1, 1992, pp.19-37. ISSN 0142 5471.