Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
Text by Andres Janser, Peter Spalinger.
Chronicling an overhaul of the "visual communication system” of Swiss train signage
In 1980, the Swiss Federal Railways contracted one of their country’s leading graphic designers, Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–96), to overhaul the design of their train stations’ signage, a project that resulted in a “visual information system” using intuitive pictograms to orient rail passengers, doing so largely without the aid of language.
Müller-Brockmann's manual, expanded in 1992, is a complex, large-scale design project that met its users’ needs through its emphatic rationalism and consistency. This reprint in English translation—part of Lars Müller's XX The Century of Print series—makes the manual accessible for the first time to a broader public, and is one of the most significant projects by this legendary designer, well known for his posters and the influential magazine he founded, New Graphic Design (1958–65). This 200-page edition features a transparent PVC jacket, an interview with the contemporary Swiss graphic designer Peter Spalinger and text by curator Andres Janser.
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FORMAT: Pbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 222 pgs / 324 color / 80 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $50.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $69.95 ISBN: 9783037786109 PUBLISHER: Lars Müller Publishers AVAILABLE: 10/8/2019 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA
Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
Published by Lars Müller Publishers. Text by Andres Janser, Peter Spalinger.
Chronicling an overhaul of the "visual communication system” of Swiss train signage
In 1980, the Swiss Federal Railways contracted one of their country’s leading graphic designers, Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–96), to overhaul the design of their train stations’ signage, a project that resulted in a “visual information system” using intuitive pictograms to orient rail passengers, doing so largely without the aid of language.
Müller-Brockmann's manual, expanded in 1992, is a complex, large-scale design project that met its users’ needs through its emphatic rationalism and consistency. This reprint in English translation—part of Lars Müller's XX The Century of Print series—makes the manual accessible for the first time to a broader public, and is one of the most significant projects by this legendary designer, well known for his posters and the influential magazine he founded, New Graphic Design (1958–65). This 200-page edition features a transparent PVC jacket, an interview with the contemporary Swiss graphic designer Peter Spalinger and text by curator Andres Janser.
