Yesterday, I noticed a poster in the window of an American Apparel store, and it wasn't a picture of a hipster chick in some state of sexy dishabille. It was merely well designed Helvetica text, perfectly laid out on a simple grid. It reminded me how much I love the work of Josef Müller-Brockmann.



Müller-Brockmann's work demonstrates that you don't need more than one good typeface to be a good designer. And sometimes nothing more than a few carefully drawn shapes and precise type-setting can convey all the information and emotion you would ever need.

Check out a great collection of his work here on Flickr and in this online gallery.

And watch his posters come to life in this beautiful video remix of his best work: