Gerd Arntz

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Gerd Arntz was a German graphic designer and artist best known for creating the iconic pictograms and visual symbols used in the Isotype system of information design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist
graphic designer
human
pictogram designer
printmaker
collaboratedWith Marie Neurath
Otto Neurath
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1900-12-11
dateOfDeath 1988-12-04
designed pictograms for Isotype
employer Museum of Society and Economy, Vienna
surface form: Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien

Mundaneum Den Haag
Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics
surface form: Stichting voor Statistiek (The Hague)
familyName Arntz
fieldOfWork graphic design
information design
pictogram design
woodcut
fullName Gerd Arntz self-link
genre political art
socially critical prints
givenName Gerd
influenced information design
public signage pictograms
influencedBy Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism

New Objectivity
surface form: New Objectivity movement

Russian Constructivism
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Constructivism
New Objectivity
nationality German
notableFor development of Isotype pictograms
socially engaged graphic art
work on the Isotype system of visual statistics
notableWork series of woodcuts depicting social classes
occupation artist
graphic designer
illustrator
printmaker
placeOfBirth Remscheid
placeOfDeath The Hague
residence Düsseldorf
The Hague
Vienna
workedOn visualization of social and economic statistics

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Otto Neurath workedWith Gerd Arntz
Marie Neurath collaboratedWith Gerd Arntz
ISOTYPE developedBy Gerd Arntz
ISOTYPE hasKeyContributor Gerd Arntz
Gerd Arntz fullName Gerd Arntz self-link
Isotype Institute associatedWith Gerd Arntz