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The Architectonic in Graphic Design
1980 · Offset lithograph
50 1/4 x 35 3/4" (127.5 x 91 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Josef Müller-Brockmann
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35
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70
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Film Posters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Josef Müller-Brockmann was a Swiss graphic designer and typographer who pioneered the Swiss Style, an approach to design grounded in mathematical grids, sans-serif typefaces, and rigorous visual hierarchy. Working primarily in postwar Switzerland, he developed systematic design methods that became foundational to modernist graphic practice across Europe and North America. His posters, corporate identity systems, and publications demonstrate an unwavering commitment to clarity and functional beauty achieved through restraint and geometric precision.
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New York, US
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