The Poster Collection of the Zurich Museum fur Gestaltung offers a record of the history of the poster, in Switzerland and world-wide, from its beginnings in the 19th century to its current existence in the present. The collection is continually being expanding and brought up-to-date, and maintains a continuous dialogue with contemporary output while acknowledging historical achievements. The Museum's Poster Collection is one of the most comprehensive and significant archives of its kind in the world. A kaleidoscope of the graphic styles of the past twenty years, this collection of posters commissioned by the Zurich Museum fur Gestaltung includes works by such icons as El Lissitzky, Max Bill, and Josef Muller-Brockmann, as well as by young unknowns. The seamlessness of the survey is underscored by the many arresting earlier styles that find themselves still at play in the posters being produced today. The Museum's exhibition signage proves itself to be of the exceptional and experimental quality that one would expect of a commissioning agent engaged itself in the appreciation of good poster design.
6.75 x 9.5 in.
150 illustrations
English/German
