"The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is an art that requires practice."
Josef Müller-Brockmann was born on May 9, 1914 in Rapperswil, Switzerland. He studied architecture, literature, anatomy, psychology and history of art at Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule and Zurich University. In 1936, he established his own studio and specialized in exhibition design, commercial art and photography. From 1951, he produced concert posters for the Tonhalle in Zurich and at that year, he also designed stage sets in Zurich, Munich and Copenhagen where he made the puppets as well for Hin und zuruck show. His first one man exhibition was held in the Congress House in Zurich in 1957. He along side with Richard Paul Lohse, Carlo Vivarelli and Hans Neuburg became a founder of New Graphic design. In 1959, He became president of the Verband Schweizericher Grafiker. He taught graphic design at the School of Arts and Craft, Zurich from 1957 to 1960.
In 1961, his first book, The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems and one of my favorite books Grid systems in Graphic Design published. Grid System was the first expensive graphic design book that I purchased. It becomes my grid bible. Truly a must buy for any graphic designer. in the 1971, History of the Poster and A History of Visual Communication published.