Rolf Müller

The central themes of his creative work were corporate design, the development of information and orientation systems, posters, publications and exhibitions.

Rolf Müller studied at Ulm School of Design. Training under Otl Aicher is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is communication design, corporate design and poster. Ulm School of Design, Otl Aicher and Josef Müller-Brockmann are recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Works named in the authority record are Spiegelfaltung, 1972 Summer Olympics and High Quality Zeitschrift by Rolf Müller. Distinctions recorded are Stiftung Buchkunst and Design Award of the State Capital of Munich.

• Name — Rolf Müller • Born — 15 December 1940 • Birthplace — Dortmund, Germany • Died — 18 February 2015 • Place of death — Munich, Germany • Field — Design • Education — Ulm School of Design

Müller studied at the Ulm School of Design and then worked for the Swiss graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann. From 1967 to 1972, he worked with the team of Otl Aicher, which developed the visual identity of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and its mascot Waldi. He became deputy design officer of the organizing committee for the games. In 1972 he founded the Rolf Müller office for visual communication in Munich. Rolf Müller designed and realized visual appearances, developed information and orientation systems, designed publications and posters. For Heidelberger Druckmaschinen he developed the magazine HQ (High Quality), which at the time set standards in printing technology and design. He has lived in Munich since 1967 and has a daughter, the designer Anna Lena von Helldorff. Since the end of the 1990s he took a teaching position, u. a. at the Ravensburg School of Design. In 2008 he received the design award of the City of Munich, and in 2009 a retrospective of his work took place. In 2014 the monograph Rolf Müller: Stories, Systems, Signs which he helped to edit, was published.

• Illustration — Rolf Müller, Munich 2003 • Illustration — Rolf Müller, at the retrospective of his works, Munich 2009 • Corporate Design of the city Leverkusen, 1971–1992 • Broschüre über Willy Brandt, 1971, Endauflage 1,2 Mio., das erfolgreichste Wahlkampfportät seiner Zeit • Offizielles Plakat der Kieler Woche, 1972 • Information system of the Stadthaus in Bonn, 1973–1977 • Design-Objekt Spiegelfaltung am Stadthaus in Bonn, 1974–1977 (Aufstellung 1979) • Information system of the Offizierschule der Luftwaffe in Fürstenfeldbruck, 1976–1979 • Gabor Schuhmode, Rosenheim, 1977–1987 • Ausstattung 11. Olympischer Kongress Baden-Baden, 1981 • Corporate Design Bavaria Film, Munich, 1980–1989 • Corporate Design cultural center Gasteig, 1982–1984 • Corporate Design der Drägerwerk Aktiengesellschaft, Lübeck, 1983–2000 • HQ High Quality, Zeitschrift über das Gestalten, das Drucken und das Gedruckte, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, 1985–1998 • Corporate Design MBB, Munich, 1988–1994 • Corporate Design IBA, Internationale Bauausstellung Emscher Park, Gelsenkirchen, 1990–1994 • Public relation Flughafen München GmbH, 1985–1993 • Innenansichten unseres Parlaments. Der 12., 13. und 14. Deutsche Bundestag. Official book of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1993–2000 • EXPO 2000 Sachsen-Anhalt, Dessau, 1996–1998 • Prinzregententheater Munich, 1996 • Corporate Design of the city Kufstein, 1996–1998 • Corporate Design Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, 1996–1998 • Poster Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, 2001 • Brochures Allianz, Munich, ab 1999 • Corporate Design Links und rechts der Ems, Regionale 2004, 2002–2004

• Illustration — Various titles in the magazine High-Quality • Illustration — Official book of the Federal Republic of Germany • Illustration — Exhibition poster Glückskinder • Illustration — Artwork: Spiegelfaltung, Bonn

• Jens Müller (Hrsg.): Rolf Müller – Geschichten, Systeme, Zeichen – Stories, Systems, Marks. Band 7 der Buchreihe A5, Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich 2014,.