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Highlight Books
In September 1983, my first book, Die gute Form, was published, to great acclaim from Swiss design circles. Access to the book trade proved more difficult than expected, however, and my cost accounting for the project had been amateurish. The project thus ended in a financial fiasco.
In the course of preparations for my first book, I had made the acquaintance of the artist Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988). A close friendship developed. Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) had already taken me under his wing in 1978.
Both were pioneers of Swiss graphic design and co-editors of the epoch-making magazine Neue Grafik. They encouraged my efforts, while not allowing me to evade the strict dictates of the Zurich graphic design tradition. Lohse was an implacable ideologue and no-nonsense socialist, while Müller-Brockmann, just as unrelenting as a designer, was a humanist of great wisdom and gentleness. He had a strong influence on me both as mentor and friend.
Design
In September 1983, my first book, Die gute Form, was published, to great acclaim from Swiss design circles. Access to the book trade proved more difficult than expected, however, and my cost accounting for the project had been amateurish. The project thus ended in a financial fiasco.
Architecture
Architecture at Lars Müller Publishers spans scales, disciplines and centuries, from bacteria to buildings, from landscapes to territories, from modernist legacies to future urban imaginaries. Through monographs, essays, research projects, and case studies, our publications explore architecture as a cultural, social, political and environmental practice, as well as a core design discipline.
Alongside contemporary perspectives, the program is dedicated to documenting the figures, movements and ideas that have defined architectural history and continue to influence the discipline today.
Art and Photography
In September 1983, my first book, Die gute Form, was published, to great acclaim from Swiss design circles. Access to the book trade proved more difficult than expected, however, and my cost accounting for the project had been amateurish. The project thus ended in a financial fiasco.
In the course of preparations for my first book, I had made the acquaintance of the artist Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988). A close friendship developed. Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) had already taken me under his wing in 1978. Both
were pioneers of Swiss graphic design and co-editors of the epoch-making magazine Neue Grafik. They encouraged my efforts, while not allowing me to evade the strict dictates of the Zurich graphic design tradition. Lohse was an implacable ideologue and no-nonsense socialist, while Müller-Brockmann, just as unrelenting as a designer, was a humanist of great wisdom and gentleness. He had a strong influence on me both as mentor and friend.
Society
In September 1983, my first book, Die gute Form, was published, to great acclaim from Swiss design circles. Access to the book trade proved more difficult than expected, however, and my cost accounting for the project had been amateurish. The project thus ended in a financial fiasco.
In the course of preparations for my first book, I had made the acquaintance of the artist Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988). A close friendship developed. Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) had already taken me under his wing in 1978. Both
were pioneers of Swiss graphic design and co-editors of the epoch-making magazine Neue Grafik. They encouraged my efforts, while not allowing me to evade the strict dictates of the Zurich graphic design tradition. Lohse was an implacable ideologue and no-nonsense socialist, while Müller-Brockmann, just as unrelenting as a designer, was a humanist of great wisdom and gentleness. He had a strong influence on me both as mentor and friend.
