musica viva – tonhalle Zurich

Artist: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Year: 1968
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price: CHF720
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About this poster

The Swiss designers of the 1950s and 1960s were noticed abroad through a recognisably new graphic style, the “Swiss Style”. Among them was Josef Müller-Brockmann, who achieved international recognition with his spectacular precision and clarity. His outstanding poster series for the Zurich Tonhalle and the Zurich opera is considered to be a typographic masterpiece in the history of Swiss graphic design. Müller-Brockmann defended his constructivist views vehemently and condemned the use of too many different typefaces or too much spacing in typography. He postulated that posters of the new Swiss style should astonish viewers through formal beauty.

Artist: Josef Müller-Brockmann

Josef Müller-Brockmann, born in 1914 and died in 1996 in Switzerland

In 1930, he started a traineeship as a graphic designer which he quit in 1932. In 1934, he started working as a freelance designer and illustrator in Zurich.
In 1936 he opened his graphic design studio, became a professor in 1957 and in 1959 he founded and became the co-editor of „New Graphic Design“ with Richard Paul Lohse, Ha... more

Josef Müller-Brockmann, born in 1914 and died in 1996 in Switzerland

In 1930, he started a traineeship as a graphic designer which he quit in 1932. ...

In 1934, he started working as a freelance designer and illustrator in Zurich.
In 1936 he opened his graphic design studio, became a professor in 1957 and in 1959 he founded and became the co-editor of „New Graphic Design“ with Richard Paul Lohse, Ha... more