Publisher: Pro Helvetia – Arts Council
Language: English
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Product Dimensions: 21 x 21 x 0.3 cm
Release Date: 1988
Price: sold
Book design: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Do you recognize Josef Müller-Brockmann as one of the great masters of graphic design, yet still think of him simply as “the designer of the grid system”?
Josef Müller-Brockmann: Posters 1948–1981 is far more than a collection of posters.
Müller-Brockmann was a designer who translated music into visual form, advanced Constructivist ideas through modern poster design, and unified photography, typography, and geometry into a coherent visual language. His work was never about the grid itself; rather, the grid emerged as the result of his pursuit of objectivity, logic, structure, and clear communication.
Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by Pro Helvetia, this book pairs many of his most celebrated posters with the underlying grid systems, alongside critical essays and commentaries. Rather than providing ready-made answers, it invites readers to explore the thinking and design process behind the work, offering a deeper understanding of Josef Müller-Brockmann as a designer.
This is not simply a book about grid systems—it is a book about the ideas that shaped Josef Müller-Brockmann’s design philosophy.
Uncommon. From the Poster Collection of the Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, this nicely illustrated catalog (b/w, color) showcases 24 of some of Brockmann’s greatest posters (1 per page with poster information) including the value added, small b/w line drawing of the composition of the poster shown — for designers, this alone makes this catalog worthwhile. Text from Willy Rotzler, Ashley Havinden, Klaus F. Schmidt and Paul Rand.
the text originated from the display
チューリッヒ造形美術館(Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich)の協力によりのヨゼフ ミューラー-ブロックマンの1948-1981年にわたるポスターをまとめたものです。各ポスターには非常に貴重なレイアウトプロセスを辿ることができる構成図がついています。