Martin Kausche

Biography

Lettering, books, book covers and jackets. Born 7 April 1915 in Stettin. 1934-5, 1937-8: studied at the Stuttgart Kunstgewerbeschule (a teacher was F.H. Ernst Schneidler), and at the Berlin Akademie. Designed book covers and bindings for major publishers including S. Fischer, Diederichs, Insel, Rowohlt, and designed the typeface Mosaik (1954, Stempel).

Writings about

  • Paul Standard, ‘The restoration of calligraphy’, Graphis 50, 1953, pp. 428-43, 492-4
  • showing of Mosaik, Gg, Nov. 1956, p. 55
  • Vollmer, 1956
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Martin Kausche’, Gg, April 1959, pp. 10-19
  • Erich Pfeiffer-Belli, ‘The advertising book-jacket’, Gg, Sept. 1960, pp. 8-17
  • GKS, 1963, p. 255
  • Theodor Hilten, ‘The face of German paperbacks’, Gg, Feb. 1963, pp. 10-19
  • Pfäfflin, 1986.