Lars Müller

Josef Müller-Brockmann
Ein Pionier der Schweizer Grafik

Dieser illustrierte Essay zeichnet die Geschichte eines der führenden Vertreter des Schweizer Grafikdesigns in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren nach. Josef Müller-Brockmanns Plakate sind weltberühmt für ihre Fähigkeit, Informationen mit grosser visueller Spannung, Dramatik und extremer Sparsamkeit der Mittel zu vermitteln. Er schuf ein Werk, in dem zeitlose Prinzipien der visuellen Kommunikation eingeschrieben sind. Neben den Plakaten werden im Bildteil Beispiele von Logotypen, Auftritten und Ausstellungen sowie zahlreiche weniger bekannte Arbeiten in chronologischer Reihenfolge vorgestellt.

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Author(s): Lars Müller

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

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

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Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) was a leading figure in Swiss graphic design. Starting the 1950s, he helped to pioneer the Swiss Style that would shape graphic design worldwide for decades. After an early career doing illustrations, Müller-Brockmann did a radical about-face in 1950, henceforth developing an uncompromisingly rational formal language. His posters are legendary and his magazine “New Graphic Design” (1958–1965) spread the doctrine of sober design based on constructive principles across the continents. As a teacher in Japan and at the design schools in Zurich and Ulm, as well as a lecturer and consultant, Müller-Brockmann was a distinctive voice in the design world. He was married to the Japanese-Swiss artist Shizuko Yoshikawa.

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.

Lars Müller

Josef Müller-Brockmann
Ein Pionier der Schweizer Grafik