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The 1976 Winter Olympic Games were originally awarded to the city of Denver, but they withdrew after some financial concerns. But during the bid, Massimo Vignelli designed a few things, including t…

My recreation of Josef Müller-Brockmann's Beethoven Poster using Nigel French's "Designing a Typographic Swiss-Style Poster" Exercise on Lynda.com

Walter Ballmer, Olivetti Studio 45, 1968 (photo: Serge Libiszewski)

Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style 1920-1965 : Hollis, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Since 2009 Swiss graphic designer Felix Pfäffli has worked slavishly to create an international reputation as one of the world’s most respected poster designers, using a combination of pared-back illustration and experimental typography. Until early 2016 he did all of this alone, but last year Pfäff

Also known as International Style, the **Swiss Style** does not simply describe a style of graphic design made in Switzerland. It became famous through the art of very talented Swiss graphic designers, but it emerged in Russia, Germany and Netherlands in the 1920’s. This style in art, architecture and culture became an ‘international’ style after 1950’s and it was produced by artists all around the globe. Despite that, people still refer to it as the Swiss Style or the Swiss Legacy.

Josef Müller-Brockmann’s graphics left a lasting mark on Swiss visual communication from the 1950s onward. His posters demonstrate how a sober, formally reduced language works best for conveying a ...

Josef Müller-Brockmann. The Family of Man. 1957-58. Photolithograph. 50 1/4 x 35 1/4" (127.6 x 89.5 cm). J. C. Müller A.G., Zürich. Gift of the designer. 1508.2000. Architecture & Design

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