Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (ed.)

Black and White / Schwarz und Weiss

Poster Collection 8

While it is commonly assumed that the graphic design world is brightly colored, this compilation of international posters is out to prove that there is an advantage to be had in working without color.

Morphological investigation of the Poster Collection’s stock has brought to light a surprising variety of approaches where the creative will to exploit the color of the paper and the black of the ink alone is the driving force behind a poster's succinct statement. Typical examples come from designers like AG Fronzoni, Werner Jeker, James Victore or Büro Destruct. These works, dating from the last forty years, range from “coolness” to modernist ascetism, from the political manifesto to poetic abstraction.

While it is commonly assumed that the graphic design world is brightly colored, this compilation of international posters is out to prove that there is an advantage to be had in working without color.

Morphological investigation of the Poster Collection’s stock has brought to light a surprising variety of approaches where the creative will to exploit the color of the paper and the black of the ink alone is the driving force behind a poster's succinct statement. Typical examples come from designers like AG Fronzoni, Werner Jeker, James Victore or Büro Destruct. These works, dating from the last forty years, range from “coolness” to modernist ascetism, from the political manifesto to poetic abstraction.

This book is part of the Poster Collection series. Get the complete series here

Edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

With an essay by Lars Müller

Design: Integral Lars Müller

16,5 x 24 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

80 pages, 170 illustrations

paperback

2003, 978-3-03778-014-5, German
English
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Bettina Richter

Bettina Richter studied art history in Heidelberg, Paris and Zurich and obtained her doctorate in 1996 with a thesis on the antiwar graphics of Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen. From 1997 to 2006, she served as a research associate at the Poster Collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, and in 2006 became its curator. Bettina Richter lectures at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste and works as a freelance writer. She is the editor of the publication series "Poster Collection" and has published articles and essays on art history, literature, and the subject of posters.

lars müller

Lars Müller, born in Oslo in 1955 and a Norwegian citizen, has been based in Switzerland since 1963. After becoming a graphic designer in Zurich, extended travels, and a one-year assistant position with designer Wim Crouwel in Amsterdam, Müller established his studio in Baden/Switzerland in 1982. In 1983, Müller published his first book and as Lars Müller Publishers, with offices in Zürich, has produced some 600 titles to date.

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