Category Archives: Müller-Brockmann

Helveticards

Written by admin. Posted on June 27, 2010. Filed under Design, Helvetica, Müller-Brockmann. No comments.
Designed with both the typophile and card player in mind, Helveticards are the beautiful, usable alternative to the traditional deck of cards. I haven’t come across these before but I’m glad I have. $10 seems pretty good.

Brockmann in Motion

Written by admin. Posted on June 27, 2010. Filed under Film, Müller-Brockmann. No comments.
An educational project made during the International Typography Workshop in Czieszyn. The task was to put a print design masterpiece into motion.

Cristiana Couceiro

Written by admin. Posted on January 28, 2010. Filed under Design, Müller-Brockmann, illustration. Tagged , . No comments.
Cristiana Couceiro is a freelance illustrator, working and living in Lisbon, Portugal. Many of her digital collages seem to take inspiration from the likes of Josef Müller-Brockmann et al. Via Eclectica

Josef Müller-Brockmann T-Shirts Available

Written by admin. Posted on January 27, 2010. Filed under Design, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Swiss, T-Shirts. No comments.
T-Shirt Society, Ltd. have released a range of t-shirts inspired by the designs of many famous graphic designers. One of their latest incarnations is this one for Josef Müller-Brockmann.

Pre-Postmodern Swiss Posters Exhibit

Written by admin. Posted on January 21, 2010. Filed under Design, Education, Events, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Posters, Swiss. Tagged . No comments.
Pre-Postmodern Swiss Posters Exhibit - Josef Müller-Brockmann by AisleOne
Pictures from the Pre-Postmodern Swiss Posters exhibit held at San Jose State University from November 17-December 18, 2009. The posters are from the private collection of designer Aaron Marcus. (Via AisleOne)

An animated homage to Josef Müller-Brockmann

Written by admin. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Design, Film, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann. No comments.
An oldie, but worth taking a look. A video remix of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s work by garythebutcher.

Grids from the Grave

Written by admin. Posted on December 14, 2009. Filed under Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann. No comments.
It’s been dead quiet on the Grid News (sorry), as well as on the Müller-Brockmann front today. It got me thinking; What do famous Graphic Designers/Typographers/Illustrators headstones look like? Perhaps people could point me in the right direction if you know of one or have ever taken a photo of one. Do they take their [...]

The Graphic Artist and His Design Problems Book

Written by admin. Posted on December 13, 2009. Filed under Books, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Opinion, Swiss. 1 Comment.
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If chapter titles like “Sans Serif as the expression of our age” interest you, this book is for you. Penned and compiled by Brockmann himself, it is a cross between his History of Visual Communication book and the monograph Pioneer of Swiss Graphic design. He organizes his work and notable works of others into categories, [...]

Josef Müller-Bockwurst

Written by admin. Posted on December 12, 2009. Filed under Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Posters, Swiss, illustration. Tagged , , . No comments.
An interesting screen print of an adaptation Josef Müller-Brockmann’s Beethoven Concert Poster, from 1955. Danish Artist, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin states, “Since he was born in Rapperswil, Switzerland, he must have enjoyed the Swiss Bockwurst – a fat meat sausage. It is often served on a bed of lettuce with onion, tomato, egg & dressing. By [...]

A conversation with Josef Müller-Brockmann

Written by admin. Posted on December 12, 2009. Filed under Articles, Design, Grid Design, Interviews, Müller-Brockmann, Swiss. No comments.
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In an interview with Eye Magazine shortly before his death in 1996, Josef Müller-Brockmann, when asked “What do you regard as your best work?”, by Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin, replied “The white reverse sides of my posters!”.