the family of man – Zurich Museum of Design

Artist: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Year: 1958
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″

About this poster

The exhibition poster for the international travelling exhibition of photographs of people from all over the world, "Family of Man", is emphatically calm with a black and white photograph of an Asian child (the Indochina war was just beginning to spread at the time). This poster for the exhibitions in Bern and Zurich is one of the clearest and most exate posters of the sixties of the last century.

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