Swiss

The Swiss or International Typographic Style: the grid, asymmetric composition, and Muller-Brockmann, Ruder and Bill.

Part of Design

27 moments in this segment.

1. 1948 - Werk-1948-magazine-cover. Cover for the Swiss monthly "Werk", designed by Emil Ruder, 1948. 39, Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich,.
2. 1951 - Form Farbe Gewerbemuseum Winterthur 1951. (museum of arts and crafts), 1951. Item 02-0669 in the poster collection of Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
3. 1952 - Kunsthalle Basel Bodmer Hartung 1952. (exhibition of artists Walter Bodmer and Hans Hartung, February-March 1952).
4. 1954 - Max Bill- Tamboret HFG Ulm-1954-Vitra Facsimil-dhub
5. 1955 - 1955 Foto-HansGConrad HfGUlm Architekt-MaxBill. (HfG) Ulm / Ulm School of Design (1953-1968). Architekt: Max Bill. The source names Hans G. Conrad / René Spitz.
6. 1955 - Werk 1955-11 Sonderheft Grafik. 11/1955 (November 1955). Special issue dedicated to graphic design. The content of this issue was edited and designed by Karl Gerstner. The source names Schweizer Werkbund.
7. 1956 - Die Gute Form Logo. "Die Gute Form". Designed in 1956 by Emil Ruder, for the arts and crafts organisation Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB).
8. 1956 - Junghans Küchenuhr. Mit Kurzzeitwecker, Design: Max Bill, 1956. The source names Richard Huber.
9. 1957 - Josef Müller-Brockmann 1957. Poster for Juni-Festwochen Zürich (1957) designed by Josef Müller-Brockmann.
10. 1957 - Karl Gerstner Kalte Kunst 1957. "kalte Kunst? zum Standort der heutigen Malerei", by Karl Gerstner, published 1957 by Niggli.
11. 1959 - Musica Viva. Müller-Brockmann. (1959) by Josef Müller-Brockmann. Lithograph in colours.
12. 1959 - 1959 - Gewerbemuseum Basel - Alte und neue Formen in Japan. (Museum of Arts and Crafts).
13. 1959 - TM Typographische Monatsblätter 1959 6 scan. "Typographische Monatsblätter", issue 6/7.1959 (June-July 1959). Special issue dedicated to "integral typography", a term coined by Karl Gerstner. Cover design by Emil Ruder. This is a low quality scan from a reproduction in a 2017 book (the lines of the following page shine through).
14. 1960 - Josef Müller-Brockmann der Film. Offset lithograph poster for Der Film by Josef Müller-Brockmann, 1960.
15. 1961 - Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers 1961. Cover of the book “Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers / The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems / Les problèmes d'un artiste graphique” by Josef Müller-Brockmann, first published by Niggli in 1961. This edition uses the typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk on the cover. In later editions the cover is set in Helvetica. Item nr “L MUEL 1” in the collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
16. 1961 - Gestaltungsprobleme cover comparison. Comparison of two editions of the book “Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers / The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems / Les problèmes d'un artiste graphique” by Josef Müller-Brockmann, first published by Niggli in 1961. The first edition uses the typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk on the cover. In later editions the cover is set in Helvetica.
17. 1961 - Junghans Max Bill Uhr. 1961.
18. 1962 - Junghans Max Bill Automatik. 1962. The source names Wolfgang Glock.
19. 1965 - Graphic Design Manual title. Fragment of the cover of Armin Hofmann's "Graphic Design Manual", originally published in 1965.
20. 1965 - Hofmanns at NID. (L-R standing) P.M. Dalwadi, Maharajji (with cap), Vikas Satwalekar, Armin Hofmann, Dorothea Hofmann, Manu Gajjar, and Arjun Gajjar. (L-R seated) I.S. Mathur, S.Balaram, Ishu Patel, Rohit Modi, and Mahendra C. Patel. The source names National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Dated to 1965.
21. 1967 - TM Typographische Monatsblätter 1967 10. "Typographische Monatsblätter", issue 10/1967 (October 1967). Cover design by Emil Ruder. Special issue for the 20 years of "Buchdruckfachklasse Basel" (special class for book printing, at School of Design Basle).
22. 1972 - Karl Gerstner Kompendium. 1972 by Arthur Niggli. This image shows a newer edition, but the design is unchanged.
23. 1974 - Max Bill unendliche Schleife 7890. "unendliche Schleife" (of 1935-1953) by Max Bill; this version executed in Tranas granite in 1974; location: Stadtgarten next to the Hohenzollernstrasse, Essen, Germany. The source names Skulptur: Max Bill; Foto: Volker Wagenitz.
24. 1981 - Raster-Systeme-Cover. Cover of the book “Grid systems, Raster systeme”, by Josef-Müller-Brockmann, published by Niggli in 1981.
25. 1987 - Josef Müller-Brockmann, RIT NandE Vol19Num5 1987 Nov5. Graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann meeting with students at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The caption reads: «Noted Swiss graphic designer Josef Muller-Brockmann recently met with students in conjunction with an exhibition of his posters in the Bevier Gallery. R. Roger Remington, professor of graphic design, calls Muller-Brockmann "one of the world's leading poster designers".». Dated to 1987.
26. 1989 - Armin Hofmann. Graphic designer Armin Hofmann led a summer program in graphic design for many years. This picture shows him explaining church design elements to students in the program in 1989 during a trip that went over the Gotthard pass. This church is within the Disentis Monastery in Disentis, Switzerland, at the foot of the Lukmanier Pass. The source names Glenn I. Fleishman.
27. 2020 - Hofmann-1961-03. Relief von Armin Hofmann im kunstgewerblichen Trakt der Allgemeinen Gewerbeschule Basel. Dated to 2020.