Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Kim- Josef Müller-Brockmann



Josef Müller-Brockmann, was a Swiss graphic designer and teacher. He studied architecture, design and history of art at both the University and Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. In 1934 he worked as a freelance designer and illustrator in Zurich. In 1936 he opened his studio specializing in graphic design, exhibition design and photography.

From 1951 he produced concert posters for the Tonhalle in Zurich. In 1958 he became a founding editor of New Graphic Design along with R.P. Lohse, C. Vivarelli, and H. Neuburg. In 1966 he was appointed European design consultant to IBM. Author of the 1961 publications The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems and Grid Systems in Graphic Design, and the 1971 publications History of the Poster and A History of Visual Communication.



1 comment:

stacy said...

great work is this for 50's or 60's need a link