The multi-talented Hans Reichel, 1949-2011 (Metafilter)
Hans Reichel, of Wuppertal, Germany, maker of exquisitely beautiful guitars,
on which he made exquisitely beautiful and idiosyncratic music, inventor of
the delightfully expressive daxophone, on which he made delightfully
expressive and often humorous music, creator of elegant fonts and architect of
one of the most endearingly creative flash websites you’ll ever see, has died
at the age of 62.
My second Metafilter post, back in 2006, was on Hans Reichel, and it didn’t
get a lot of notice at the time: a small reflection, I suppose, of the fact
that Hans has not as yet received the wider attention that his work so greatly
deserves. Hopefully this post will lead a few more people in the direction of
this amazing artist’s work.
I’d like to just add that Hans’ flash website is something that requires a bit
of time, so your exploration of it should be reserved for a time when you…
have some time! But there’s a lot of great (often very funny) stuff there to
learn about, do and explore. Highly recommended, but not for those in a hurry.
RIP, Hans Reichel.
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