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Josef Müller-Brockmann

Recent articles about Josef Müller-Brockmann

Killing joke at the expense of historyIssue 91, Spring 2016
Feature

	Swissted’s typographic homages turn Modernist design history into hollow commodities for a new ‘blank generation’
            
Unpredictable Swiss designIssue 90, Summer 2015
Review

                                                The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, created in 1875, was a pioneer institution in collecting graphic…                        
We made this. Authentic, trilingual landmarkIssue 88, Summer 2014
Review

                                                In the early 1990s I produced a number of facsimile editions of publications of the…                        
Every word in its placeIssue 84, Autumn 2012
Review

                                                Reading Richard Hollis’s writings, one can’t help wondering how the esteemed graphic designer, writer and…                        
The endless library at the end of printIssue 27, Spring 1998
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	Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic ephemera? By Teal Triggs
            
Pre-postmodernityIssue 50, Winter 2003
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	Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
            
Reputations: Josef Müller-BrockmannIssue 19, Winter 1995
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	‘I would advise young people to look at everything they encounter in a critical light … Then I would urge them at all times to be self-critical.’

Recent blog posts about Josef Müller-Brockmann

Books received #41

9 January 2020
Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Reviews, Visual culture

Giovanni Anceschi, Shopfronts of London, Polish Design ABCs and a Swiss design manual by Müller-Brockmann

Here is a selection of four titles that caught our attention in recent months. Published…

Remediation in Warsaw

4 April 2016
Critical path, Graphic design, Posters, Visual culture

Posters aren’t dead, they’re just off the wall. David Crowley explains the thinking behind the forthcoming Warsaw International Poster Biennale

The Warsaw International Poster Biennale is 50 years old in June, writes David Crowley. Once…

AK and A23D on press

18 September 2014
Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Technology, Typography

Two 21st-century letterpress projects breathe new life into this arcane, antiquated but much-loved method of mark-making

The LDF’s opening graphic weekend featured plenty of stimulating events and fascinating displays, with workshops…