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Iconic Swiss railway signage: universal symbols guide passengers, language-free design.
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Passenger Information System

Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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  • Paperback

    220 pages

  • Release Date

    8 June 2026

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Summary

A facsimile edition of the world-famous design manual for the Swiss Federal Railways’ iconic and unique pictogram signage system.

In 1980, famed Swiss graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–96) laid the cornerstone for a uniform visual identity for the Swiss Federal Railways with his legendary Visual Information System at Train Stations and Stops. Because of Switzerland’s multilingualism, the manual proposed a signage system that largely excluded language. With his functional t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783037787847
ISBN-10:3037787848
Author:Andres Janser, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller-Brockmann Foundation
Publisher:Lars Muller Publishers
Imprint:Lars Muller Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:220
Release Date:8 June 2026
Weight:550g
Dimensions:18mm x 165mm x 240mm
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Passenger Information System by Andres Janser - ISBN: 9783037787847
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