BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Dr Who Sound Effects (from Doctor Who Weekly, 1980)

 The information value of this article is rather limited. But this Doctor Who magazine somehow found its way to a charity shop in Switzerland and into my hands and probably some of you like both the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Doctor Who (about the latter I know very little I must confess) so I thought I share it with you.

Projects for modernist protestant churches in 1950s Switzerland

Architectural models of protestant churches about to be built in Switzerland (in 1959). From an issue on modernist protestant churches of the seminal swiss architecture journal Werk, 8/1959.

Top to bottom:
Project for a church in Zürich-Schwamendingen by Cramer+Jaray+Paillard (an even better version was realised)
Project for a church in Reinach by Ernst Gisel (2 images), also realised quite differently.
Project for a church in Effretikon by Ernst Gisel (also got a more radical in reality)
Project for a church in in Zürich by Eduard Neuenschwander (2 images)
Project for a church in Bern Bümpliz-Bethlehem by Werner Küenzi (2 images), was built as well.

Simulations Publications Inc.

I saw this game in an exhibition about the postapocalyptic and Tarkovsky's Stalker at the Maison d'Ailleurs, the excellent Swiss Science Fiction Museum/Library. Trying to find out more about the game, I discovered the wonderful world of board game geeks, who provide tons of material, e.g. about Simulations Publications Inc., the company behind said game.

"Founded by Jim Dunnigan in 1969, SPI was a publisher of board wargames during the 1970s and early 1980s, when it went bankrupt. SPI also published several magazines, including Strategy & Tactics, Moves and Ares"

All images found on boardgamegeek.com and tacticalwargamer.com. Thanks, board game enthusiasts!
The design of these magazines and some of the titles remind me of library records.

"Early SPI photo from Jim Dunnigan who has licensed this under Creative Commons with permission granted to use except for money-making and commercial purposes. The late game designer John Young is in the middle with a cigarette underneath the poster."

"Early SPI photo from Jim Dunnigan who has licensed this under Creative Commons with permission granted to use except for money-making and commercial purposes. (Unknown person, Dunnigan, Simonsen, John Young, and Marie Fredericks, a graphic artist.)"

diy max bill sculpture

Max Bill's instructions on how to make a copy of one of his sculptures.

"everyone can make a little bill sculpture, e.g. the 'eineckfläche im raum' (1959), or invent something similar. all you need is a piece of paper and glue. tinkerers can use sheet metal. have a good time, max bill"

From the magazine "du", issue of June 1976.
Previously from the same issue: At home with Max Bill

At home with Max Bill

Swiss architect, designer, artist and politician Max Bill (1908-94) in his house (designed by himself in 1967), photographed for the magazine "du", issue of June 1976.

Irmin Schmidt and Bruno Spoerri - Toy Planet. An article from 1981

Found in: Electronics & Music Maker, London, issue August 1981, my scan

The 1981 album Toy Planet was a collaboration between the Swiss electronic music pioneer (and Jazzman) Bruno Spoerri and Irmin Schmidt (of Can fame). This article tells you what synths and fx they used, how many layers of sound they produced to achieve a certain sound (up to 112!) and that Schmidt's wife Hildegard's dissaproval of one track forced them to start it from scratch.

Schweizerische Polierzeitung: A look inside

A look at the graphic design elements and some ads.
Second picture: My two favorite columns: Beton (concrete) and Der Unfall des Monats (the accident of the month).
Last Picture: Shows the Hochhaus zur Palme by Max Ernst Haefeli, Werner Max Moser and Rudolf Steiger in Zurich.
Their coverage of the Swiss Expo 64 deserves its own post, coming soon.
Previously: The covers of these magazines.

Schweizerische Polierzeitung

Some covers from the Swiss Construction Foreman Magazine.
Unfortunately the designer of this wonderful example of Swiss Typography remains uncredited. It was typeset and printed at Jacques Bollmann AG, Zurich.
We'll look inside in the next post. Here's a look at one of the backcover ads already: