{"product_id":"passenger-information-system-design-manual-for-the-swiss-federal-railways","title":"Passenger Information System: Design manual for the Swiss Federal Railways","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1980 the Swiss Federal Railways commissioned Josef Müller-Brockmann to bring order to the signage of its stations and stops. What he delivered was not a set of signs but a system—a wayfinding language built almost entirely from pictograms, because a country with four national languages cannot lean on words. Greatly expanded in 1992 under the title \u003cem\u003ePassenger Information System\u003c\/em\u003e, the manual is one of the most complete demonstrations of rationalist graphic design ever committed to print: grids, typography, colour, arrow logic and mounting heights, each specified with a consistency that still governs the look of Swiss railways. This reprint carries the complete English translation alongside the German original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete English translation of the 1992 manual, presented alongside the German original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e324 illustrations reproducing the original specification drawings, grids and pictogram sheets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssay by Andres Janser situating the system within the international railway design of the period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContribution by contemporary Swiss graphic designer Peter Spalinger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdited by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich and the Shizuko Yoshikawa und Josef Müller-Brockmann Stiftung\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a signage system carries meaning across four national languages by relying on pictograms rather than text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe specification logic behind the SBB system—grid construction, typographic hierarchy, colour coding, arrow conventions and mounting standards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Müller-Brockmann's rationalism proved durable enough to outlast decades of change in rolling stock, stations and branding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a design manual operates as an instrument of institutional governance, not merely documentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) was a central figure in Swiss graphic design and one of the architects of the Swiss Style that shaped the discipline internationally from the 1950s. After an early career in illustration he turned decisively in 1950 towards an uncompromisingly rational formal language, expressed in his posters and in \u003cem\u003eNew Graphic Design\u003c\/em\u003e, the magazine he founded and ran from 1958 to 1965. He taught in Japan and at the design schools in Zurich and Ulm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Softcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 220\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: German and English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783037787847\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Lars Müller Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphic designers and design students working with systems and wayfinding, historians of the Swiss Style, and anyone interested in how a large public institution is given visual order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lars Müller Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49030561792225,"sku":"9783037787847","price":140.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9783037786109.jpg?v=1788499430","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/passenger-information-system-design-manual-for-the-swiss-federal-railways","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}