[4][5] He studied architecture, design and art history at both the University of Zurich at Gewerbeschule,[4] and Zurich University of the Arts (also known as Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich), where he studied with Ernst Keller and Alfred Willimann.

[5][9] The Tonhalle Series grew increasingly abstract and focused on the feelings of the music.

[1] In 1957, he began teaching at the Zurich University of the Arts, replacing Ernst Keller as a professor of graphic design.

[7] He was professor of graphic design at Zurich University of the Arts from 1957 to 1960, and guest lecturer at the University of Osaka from 1961, and the Ulm School of Design (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm) from 1963.

[5] In 1958, Müller-Brockmann became a founding editor of New Graphic Design along with Hans Neuburg, Richard Paul Lohse, and Carlo Vivarelli.