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Josef Müller-Brockmann (9 May 1914 – 30 August 1996) was a Swiss graphic designer, author, and educator, he was a Principal at Muller-Brockmann & Co. design firm. He was a pioneer of the International Typographic Style . [ 1 ]
The idea of a modular grid arose at the beginning of the 20th century and was adjusted within the framework of the International Typographic Style in the 1920s and 1930s. The classic understanding of the modular system was formulated in the works of Josef Müller-Brockmann – most notably in the book The Grid System in Graphic Design. [29]
Grid systems started as helper lines for written books. Artists used grid systems to layout the content – text and images – in a manner that makes reading and absorption easier. Newspapers, books, magazines, and classifieds, etc., all use different grid systems that make the optimum use of space for better reading and presentation.
One of the editors, Josef Müller-Brockmann, "sought an absolute and universal form of graphic expression through objective and impersonal presentation, communicating to the audience without the interference of the designer's subjective feelings or propagandist techniques of persuasion."
GRiDPad (1989). In 1988, Tandy Corporation purchased the Grid company. [3] AST Computer acquired the US wing of company, and was itself later acquired by Samsung. [4]Grid still produced the GRiDCASE laptops, and the first GRiDPad tablet also was released in 1989; [5] Also a few rebranded models of another manufacturers were released, include Tandy/Victor Technologies Grid 386 (Compaq SLT clone ...
Neue Grafik was founded by Josef Müller-Brockmann, Hans Neuburg, Richard Paul Lohse, and Carlo Vivarelli in Zurich on 15 February 1958. The publication's formation was catalyzed by the "Konstruktive Grafik" exhibition at the Zurich Kunstgewerbemuseum , in which the designers had participated.
GRiDPad 2260 in "laptop" mode. GRiDPad was a trademarked name for a series of pen computing tablets and hybrid laptops built by Grid Systems Corporation.. The GRiDPad 1900, released in 1989, is regarded as the first commercially successful tablet computer and predecessor to modern 2-in-1 devices.
In 1982, Grid built the Grid Compass, which was one of the first laptop computers to feature the now-popular clamshell design, [9] and was used on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. [2] [4] [1] In 1988, Grid was sold to the Tandy Corporation. [2] [5] The design for The Compass computer was allegedly based on the shape of Ellenby's briefcase ...