Wolfgang Weingart

Wolfgang Weingart is from Germany, near the Swiss border. Weingart attended a 2- year program at Merz Academy in Stuttgart, then taking up an apprenticeship as a typesetter. After the 3-year apprenticeship, he enrolled at the Swiss school Basel School of Design, where he met other famous designers, such as Armin Hofmann and Emil Ruder. He then was picked, a few years later, by those two very designers to teach a typography class at the school. Weingart became known as an incredible teacher, and very influential to all of his students. He is credit to be "the father" of New Wave or Swiss Punk typography. In 2013, he was awarded the AIGA medal, highest in his profession, and in 2014 was awarded the Swiss Grand Prix of Design award.

http://www.aiga.org/medalist-wolfgang-weingart/