Published by the architecture society Architectura et Amicitia (“Architecture and Friendship”), the first issue of Wendingen (“turning” or “upheaval” in Dutch) appeared in January of 1918 and ran monthly until 1932. Hendrikus Theodorus Wijdeveld served as its editor in chief until 1925, and established the magazine as the voice of the Amsterdam School and a venue for avant-garde architecture, graphic design, and typography.
The magazines themselves were radical for their Japanese-style binding and square format, but especially for Wijdeveld’s graphic design and innovative typography on the covers and title pages. The covers of the magazines were designed by a variety of architects and artists in addition to Wijdeveld, displaying influences ranging from the undulating organic forms of Art Nouveau to the geometric, simplistic designs of De Stijl and Constructivism.
Wijdeveld’s distinct and radical typography was quite progressive and became his trademark. Some more traditional graphic designers complained about the use in an art magazine of a typeface that had previously been restricted to advertising, and many took great offense at Wijdeveld’s progressive layouts and designs, which they felt were crude.
- Wendingen vol. 1 no. 1, 1918.
- Wendingen vol. 12 no. 11/12, 1931, Church Architecture (final issue).
- Wendingen vol. 4 no. 4/5, 1921, Works by Representative Members of A et A.
- Wendingen vol. 6 no. 6, 1924, Eileen Gray, designed by H.Th. Wijdeveld.