Lars Müller

Josef Müller-Brockmann

Ein Pionier der Schweizer Grafik

In his illustrated essay, Lars Müller traces the history of «Swiss Graphic Design» from the 30s to the 60s and the enduring significance of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s principles of design. Müller-Brockmann’s posters have become world famous for their ability to convey information with great visual tension, a sense of drama, and an extreme economoy of means. As a leading exponent of «Swiss Graphic Design» in the 50s and 60s, Müller-Brockmann created a body of work in which timeless principles of visual communication are inscribed.

This book is also available in English

Edited by Lars Müller

19 x 27 cm, 7 ½ x 10 ¾ in
264 pages, 369 illustrations
paperback

2001, 978-3-907078-59-4, German

Lars Müller, born 1955 in Oslo, lives and works in Switzerland since 1963. After his learning years as graphic designer and his studies in the United States and the Netherlands, he founded the Atelier Lars Müller, which focuses on visual communication and design. 1996 he became partner of Integral Concept, an international connection of artists of interdisciplinary competences with offices in Paris, Milano, Zurich, Berlin and Montreal. Since 1983 he works as a book publishers on the topics typography, design, art, photography and architecture. A couple of years later he began teaching at different universities in Switzerland, Europe and in the USA as assistant professor, for example at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.