After 55 years in International Design journalism and eye candy, I.D. magazine has folded. I haven’t read it for quite some time but I always remember thumbing through its pages looking for design ‘inspiration’ whilst at college. It’s a great shame but there are a … Read More →
Sad Bird Design, A Collective Design Firm in St. Louis, USA, announced the release of their friend’s business plan book that has been a few months in the making! Well done, chaps :0) They are also offering a PDF download of their finished article, along … Read More →
It’s been dead quiet on the Grid News (sorry), as well as on the Müller-Brockmann front today. It got me thinking; What do famous Graphic Designers/Typographers/Illustrators headstones look like? Perhaps people could point me in the right direction if you know of one or have … Read More →
If chapter titles like “Sans Serif as the expression of our age” interest you, this book is for you. Penned and compiled by Brockmann himself, it is a cross between his History of Visual Communication book and the monograph Pioneer of Swiss Graphic design. He … Read More →
Set against a 5 X 5 grid, using no ink whatsoever, these 18″x24″ posters are foil stamped and embossed to create an alphabet composed of letters from many of the more famous (and some infamous) logos of all time. Printed in two different colorways, you … Read More →
An interesting screen print of an adaptation Josef Müller-Brockmann’s Beethoven Concert Poster, from 1955. Danish Artist, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin states, “Since he was born in Rapperswil, Switzerland, he must have enjoyed the Swiss Bockwurst – a fat meat sausage. It is often served on a … Read More →
In an interview with Eye Magazine shortly before his death in 1996, Josef Müller-Brockmann, when asked “What do you regard as your best work?”, by Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin, replied “The white reverse sides of my posters!”.
Just like to say a big ‘Thank you’ to Grid Based Designs for featuring the Josef Müller-Brockmann site on their gallery. Cheers guys.
TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app and the first collaboration between studio-mates swissmiss and Fictive Kin . It is so simple to use that you can spend time getting things done instead of logging-in or grappling with other GTD software. What’s more, it … Read More →
swissmiss selected as one of 50 world’s best design blogs
The Times Online has listed the best 50 blogs that are full of inspired home-styling ideas, suggestions of how to support small-scale, affordable designers selling handmade items and vintage and modern homeware, as well as tips for upcycling old furniture. Well done swissmiss for coming … Read More →