Jens Müller

Pioneers of German Graphic Design tells the fascinating story of German graphic design in all its detail, from the late monarchy to the Wirtschaftswunder after World War II. The author explores the interrelationship between the groundbreaking early inventions of Germany's graphic design pioneers and the nation's explosive politics, shedding light not only on the development of the profession but on its international influence. Peter Behrens created the world's first comprehensive corporate design for AEG as early as 1907, including the company's printed materials, its headquarters and products. Other innovators soon followed: Lucian Bernhard prompted a revolution in poster design, Wilhelm Deffke and Karl Schulpig invented the modern logo, Herbert Bayer expanded the language of form at the Bauhaus, Jan Tschichold promoted a new typographic style and John Heartfield discovered photomontage as a means of visual communication. They were all caught up in a spirit of optimism and opportunity which swept across Germany, and especially Berlin, in the early decades of the 20th century. The Nazi rise to power stifled progress from 1933 onwards and drained the country of its creative leaders. They either emigrated or adapted to the political circumstances. Despite the total destruction caused by the war, the 1950s witnessed an economic miracle together with the dawn of a new era of graphic design in Germany. Apart from reproducing numerous iconic designs in magnificent quality, this volume exhibits a great diversity of important unpublished or forgotten pieces. It presents the inspirational stories of fourteen graphic designers who essentially shaped the modern profession.

Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and to break, radically, from the conventions or constraints of the past. Less well-known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented TASCHEN publication, authored by Jens Müller, brings together approximately 6,000 trademarks, focused on the period 1940–1980, to examine how modernist attitudes and imperatives gave birth to corporate identity. Ranging from media outfits to retail giants, airlines to art galleries, the sweeping survey is organized into three design-orientated chapters: Geometric, Effect, and Typographic. Each chapter is then sub-divided into form and style led sections such as alphabet, overlay, dots and squares. Alongside the comprehensive catalog, the book features an introduction from Jens Müller on the history of logos, and an essay by R. Roger Remington on modernism and graphic design. Eight designer profiles and eight instructive case studies are also included, with a detailed look at the life and work of such luminaries as Paul Rand, Yusaku Kamekura, and Anton Stankowski, and at such significant projects as Fiat, The Daiei Inc., and the Mexico Olympic Games of 1968. An unrivaled resource for graphic designers, advertisers, and branding specialists, Logo Modernism is equally fascinating to anyone interested in social, cultural, and corporate history, and in the sheer persuasive power of image and form.

Jens Müller untersucht die Anforderungen, die Aussagen über die notwendige Beschaffenheit der Struktur von BPMN-Modellen mit Bezug auf deren inhaltliche Bedeutung machen. Er stellt neuartige Konzepte vor, die es ermöglichen, strukturell-inhaltliche Anforderungen mithilfe einer graphischen Modellierungsmethode zu gestalten spezifizieren und Geschäftsprozessmodelle in Bezug auf deren Einhaltung automatisch zu verifizieren.

Assimilating new research in the field of low-dimensional metals, this monograph provides a detailed overview of the current status of research on quasi-one- and two-dimensional molecular metals, describing normal-state properties, magnetic field effects, superconductivity, and the phenomena of interacting p and d electrons. It will be useful not only for frontier researchers with a broad interest in low-dimensional electronic and magnetic properties, but also for graduate students of solid-state physics and chemistry with some background knowledge of solid-state physics. It includes a number of fundamental and novel findings relating to the characteristics of these low-dimensional metals, which in future are likely to become standard material in textbooks on solid-state physics.

Auf der Basis einer umfangreichen empirischen Analyse geht Jens Müller den Fragen nach, wie stark eine Bewertung durch das Stuttgarter Verfahren von Marktwerten abweicht und in welchen Fällen eine akzeptable Approximation des Marktwertes erreicht wird.

Assimilating new research in the field of low-dimensional metals, this monograph provides a detailed overview of the current status of research on quasi-one- and two-dimensional molecular metals, describing normal-state properties, magnetic field effects, superconductivity, and the phenomena of interacting p and d electrons. It will be useful not only for frontier researchers with a broad interest in low-dimensional electronic and magnetic properties, but also for graduate students of solid-state physics and chemistry with some background knowledge of solid-state physics. It includes a number of fundamental and novel findings relating to the characteristics of these low-dimensional metals, which in future are likely to become standard material in textbooks on solid-state physics.

Den Gegenstand der Arbeit bilden okonomische Kriminalitatsmodelle, deren restriktive Annahmen eingehend analysiert werden. In einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit den Pramissen dieser Modelle kommt der Autor zu dem Schluss, dass allein die Vorstellung eines rational kalkulierenden Straftaters nicht ausreicht, um zu dem allen besprochenen Modellen gemeinsamen Ergebnis einer eindeutig negativen Beziehung zwischen dem Ausmass repressiver staatlicher Massnahmen zur Kriminalitatsbekampfung und der Hohe der Kriminalitatsbelastung in einer Gesellschaft zu gelangen."

Die ZPO regelt nicht ausdrucklich, wer den Beweismitteln Zeugen- und Parteivernehmung unterfallt. Nach herrschender Ansicht wird danach entschieden, ob es sich bei einer naturlichen Person, die zu Beweiszwecken vernommen werden soll, um eine Partei im Sinne des formalen Parteibegriffes handelt. Die in der Rechtspraxis solchermassen erzielten -formalen- Ergebnisse ermoglichen den Prozessparteien im Wege des sogenannten -Zeugenschaffens- und -Zeugenausschaltens-, die eigene Beweissituation entscheidend zu verbessern. Die vorliegende Studie stellt bereits die herrschende dogmatische Ableitung in Frage und geht von einem materiellen Abgrenzungsmassstab aus. Aufgrund dieses Ansatzes werden dann hinsichtlich der einzelnen Problemfelder im Bereich der Abgrenzung der Beweismittel Zeugen- und Parteivernehmung eigene Ergebnisse erzielt und Moglichkeiten aufgezeigt, Manipulationen der Beweissituation zu begegnen."