Jens Müller (graphic designer)

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Jens Müller (born October 25, 1982 in Koblenz ) is a German graphic designer , typographer , book designer and specialist book author.

life and work

After training as a media designer, Jens Müller studied communication design from 2004 to 2011 (in the diploma course and then in the master's course) at the design department of the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (today: Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences , Peter Behrens School of Arts). During his studies he and Karen Weiland won the competition for the design of the special postage stamp “125. Birthday Franz Kafka ”. Since then he has realized around a dozen special stamps on various topics for the Federal Ministry of Finance .

Together with 12 students, Jens Müller initiated the research project “FilmKunstGrafik” - an exhibition, book and film project on the new German film graphics of the 1960s. The topic of "design history" has accompanied him since his student days. The book series A5 conceived, designed and published by him is dedicated to personalities and topics of graphic design history. With volume A5 / 02: Philips-Twen - The leading realism, Müller brought a forgotten series of records back into the cultural memory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The volumes about the Kieler Woche , the Ulm School of Music and Lufthansa are already sought-after collector's items.

While he was still studying for a master's degree, Müller and his fellow student Weiland founded the design office “müller, weiland”. From 2011 to 2018 it led the design studio "optik - Kommunikation und Gestaltung". In 2016 he founded the publishing house "Optik Books". Since 2019, he and his partners Katharina Sussek and Andreas Magino have been running the “vista” studio for communication design based in Düsseldorf.

Jens Müller teaches as a lecturer and substitute professor at the Design Department at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences . In addition to his work as a designer, he researches the history of international graphic design and is the author of specialist books, including "Logo Modernism". The American Wired Magazine described Müller as "a kind of logo detective". His books on national and international graphic design history made him a lecturer. His two-volume work “The History of Graphic Design”, which was last published by Taschen Verlag and documents the global design history since 1890 on almost 1,000 pages, was discussed in around 150 international media.

In 2018, Jens Müller was jury president at the international competition 100 Best Posters 2017. In 2013, he and Karen Weiland won first prize at the Kieler Woche design competition.

He lives and works in Düsseldorf .

Exhibitions

  • 2007: FilmKunstGrafik - An exhibition on the new German film graphics of the 1960s, Filmmuseum State Capital Düsseldorf
  • 2008: FilmKunstGrafik - An exhibition on the new German film graphics of the 1960s, Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main
  • 2009: FilmKunstGrafik - An exhibition on the new German film graphics of the 1960s, Sofia Design Week
  • 2013: Düsseldorf, city of ideas. Design and advertising in Düsseldorf from 1900 to 2013, University of Düsseldorf

Publications

  • Jens Müller, Karen Weiland: FilmKunstGrafik - A book on the new German film graphics of the 1960s. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name. German Film Institute, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-88799-044-2 .
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 01 - Hans Hillmann. Das visuelle Werk / The Visual Works; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-03778-179-1 .
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 02 - Philips-Twen. The leading realism / Realism is the Score; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-03778-180-7 .
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 03 - Celestino Piatti. The Unity of the Program; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-03778-178-4 .
  • Jens Müller, Karen Weiland: A5 / 04 - Kiel Week. History of a Design Contest; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-03778-231-6 .
  • Jens Müller, Karen Weiland: A5 / 05 - Lufthansa + Graphic Design. Visual History of an Airline; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-03778-267-5 .
  • Victor Malsy, Jens Müller: Düsseldorf City of Ideas - Design and Advertising in Düsseldorf 1900 to 2013; Droste publishing house; Düsseldorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-7700-1511-5 .
  • Jens Müller (ed.); Renè Spitz: A5 / 06 - HfG Ulm. Brief history of the Hochschule für Gestaltung / Concise History of the Ulm School of Design; Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03778-413-6 .
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 07 - Rolf Müller. Stories, Systems, Marks / Stories, Systems, Characters; Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03778-414-3 .
  • Jens Müller, Julius Wiedemann (ed.): Logo Modernism; TASCHEN, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-8365-4530-3 .
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 08 - Best German Posters. A History of German Poster Contests; Optik Books, Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053060-9 .
  • Jens Müller: Design pioneers. The Invention of Graphic Modernism / Pioneers of German Graphic Design; Callisto Publishers, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-9817539-3-6 .
  • Jens Müller, Julius Wiedemann (Ed.): The History of Graphic Design (2 Vols.); TASCHEN, Cologne 2017/18, Volume 1, ISBN 978-3-8365-6307-9 ; Volume 2 ISBN 978-3-8365-7037-4
  • Jens Müller: A5 / 09 - West Berlin Graphic Design: Design behind the Iron Curtain / Graphic Design behind the Iron Curtain; Optik Books, Düsseldorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063546-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Postage stamp from Deutsche Post AG, 125th birthday of Franz Kafka (1883–1924) In: Wikimedia Commons , accessed on February 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Steve Heller: Lufthansa. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Margaret Rhodes: Logo Modernism. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 33pt 2016 - I don't care. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Rainer Art: Creative mornings. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ René Spitz: The Epoch of International Graphic Design 1960 to 2018. Accessed on February 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Claudia Gerdes: The best book on German design history. In: Page online. October 4, 2017, accessed February 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Design pioneers - the invention of graphic modernism. In: UAA Ungers Archive for Architectural Science. December 13, 2017, accessed February 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Exhibition and round table discussion 100 best posters 17. In: HEAD - Genève. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer, typographer, book designer and specialist book author
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz