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Jens Müller (ed.)

A5/01
Hans Hillmann

Das visuelle Werk – The Visual Works

Hans Hillmann (1925-2014) is considered the founding father of the modern German film poster. Over a period of more than two decades, the illustrator created posters that entered the canon of international design history due to their revolutionary new visual ideas. This bilingual monograph features Hilmann's well-known posters next to unknown works works from his private archive.

The A5 series is intended as an archive on graphic design. Each volume introduces outstanding personalities and important themes from the history of international graphic design, with numerous illustrations, essays and interviews. A5 is a cooperation between the labor visuell in the desgin department at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf and Lars Müller Publishers.

Hans Hillmann (1925-2014) is considered the founding father of the modern German film poster. Over a period of more than two decades, the illustrator created posters that entered the canon of international design history due to their revolutionary new visual ideas. This bilingual monograph features Hilmann's well-known posters next to unknown works works from his private archive.

The A5 series is intended as an archive on graphic design. Each volume introduces outstanding personalities and important themes from the history of international graphic design, with numerous illustrations, essays and interviews. A5 is a cooperation between the labor visuell in the desgin department at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf and Lars Müller Publishers.

Winner of the 'Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2009' Award

Edited by Jens Müller, labor visuell at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

Design: Jens Müller

14,8 x 21,0 cm, 5 ¾ x 8 ¼ in

128 pages, 187 illustrations

paperback

2009, 978-3-03778-179-1, German
English
Graphic Design Design History Illustration A5 Series
CHF 26.00

Jens Müller

Jens Müller (*1982) studied communication design in Düsseldorf and then founded the design studio Optik (since 2019: vista) that works for a wide variety of clients from the cultural and corporate sector. In 2013, he won the renowned corporate design competition for Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) together with Karen Weiland-Adams. He teaches at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Arts/Peter Behrens School of Arts, and the Department of Design at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. As an author and editor, Jens Müller contributed to a number of widely acclaimed reference books on the history of international graphic design, including the "A5" book series (2009-2014), "Logo Modernism" (2015) and "The History of Graphic Design" (2017/2018).

CHF 26.00