Wolfgang Wiengart

"Weingart was born near the Swiss border of Germany, in the Salem Valley, in 1941.... Designer and instructor Wolfgang Weingart is recognized for his typographic explorations and teaching at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel, and who, through the work of his students, created a more experimental and expressive approach to typography that was influential around the world."
http://www.aiga.org/medalist-wolfgang-weingart/