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A poster for Josef Müller-Brockmann featuring bold black sans-serif typography on a split red and white background.

Josef Müller-Brockmann Poster

A split red-and-white poster with bold black sans-serif headline type, a thin red rule at the top edge, three short text blocks arranged with generous whitespace, and a white plus-sign mark in the lower right corner.

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Credit

Creator
Josef Müller-Brockmann
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Clipped

danysegv

August 20, 2026

Traits

Typography

BoldGroteskGrotesk

Thick, intentional lettering providing necessary structural weight to modern minimalist layouts.

Layout

ExposedGridModular Grid

Visible column structure and strict modular division, where the grid is left exposed as the composition rather than concealed as a scaffold.

Treatment

CleanDigitalUntreated Surface

Vector-clean, unmediated surface — flat fills, crisp edges, and even light, with no grain, halation, dust, or process residue anywhere in the image.

Medium

PosterWorkPoster / Out-of-Home

Single-surface display work built to be read at distance — bills, gig posters, and out-of-home placements.

Subject

TypeOnlyText as Image

Lettering carrying the image alone, with no photographic or illustrative subject beneath it.

Shares traits with

Ranked by how many traits each reference has in common with this one — computed from the image, never from who is looking at it.

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