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    Josef Muller-Brockmann was a Swiss graphic designer born in 1914 who helped popularize grid systems in graphic design. Some key events in his career included becoming a freelance designer in 1934, teaching graphic design at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts starting in 1957, founding the magazine "New Graphic Design" in 1958, and publishing the influential book "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" in 1981. He produced notable poster and album cover designs that featured grids and asymmetrical layouts throughout his career until his death in 1996.

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    Josef Muller-Brockmann was a Swiss graphic designer born in 1914 who helped popularize grid systems in graphic design. Some key events in his career included becoming a freelance designer in 1934, teaching graphic design at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts starting in 1957, founding the magazine "New Graphic Design" in 1958, and publishing the influential book "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" in 1981. He produced notable poster and album cover designs that featured grids and asymmetrical layouts throughout his career until his death in 1996.

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    Josef Muller-Brockmann

    May 9th, 1914 – August 30th, 1966


    Timeline

    • 1914- Born on May 9 in Rapperswil, Switzerland.


    • 1930- Completed Secondary School
    • 1934- Work as a freelance designer
    • 1937- Member of the Swiss Werkbund
    • 1938- Designed the pavilion of honor for the Swiss universities
    • 1943 – Married violinist Verena Brockmann.
    • 1944 – Birth of son.
    • 1945 – Continued to Work as a designer after the war.
    • 1950 - Gradual move away from illustration to objective-constructive
    design
    Timeline cntd
    • 1951- Member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
    • 1952-53 - Left the theatre to concentrate on graphic design
    • 1957 - Appointed graphic design teacher at the Zurich School of
    Arts and Krafts.
    • 1958 - Founded the magazine "New Graphic Design“
    • 1960 - Left the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts
    • 1964 - Verena Brockmann killed in an accident.
    • 1965 – Founded “Galerie 58”
    • 1976 The partners in Muller-Brockmann & Co. split up.
    • 1981 Published "Grid Systems in Graphic Design."
    • 1985 Won the Brunel Award
    • 1996 Died in Zurich, August 30.
    Art Work

    “Watch that Child” “Grid Systems in Graphic Design”


    289 x 400 417 x 500
    poster Book Cover
    Art Work

    “Das Plakat” 470 x 474


    371 x 500 Album cover design
    Poster
    Brockmann in Action
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grQCQjCSARw
    Thank you

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