15.06.2024

A series of three F4 Posters for Palace St.Gallen (CH) have been awarded by 100 beste Plakate D/A/CH, 2023. Glad to be part of this!

29.04.2024

Silkscreen poster being printed at Lezard Graphique! Poster for the next exhibition at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich «Kunst für alle?»

14.10.2022

Silkscreen poster printed by Duo d’art for affichage public! Posters made by us, AMI, Annik Troxler, Dual room, C2F, Eurostandard, Martin Woodtli, Todeschini Mamie. They will be hanging in the city of Geneva during october 26 and november 2, 2022. Launch event on november 27, 2022. See you there!

Photo by Gina Burri

01.10.2022

New website and visual identity for Lit.z Literaturhaus Zentralscheiz. More updates soon!

Photo by Gina Burri

01.09.2022

A baby-bum for the Parliament of Fribourg. Finally unwrapping the 352-pages book about the 500 years old city hall of Fribourg, Switzerland. The book is available in German or French. Launch will be on September 30, 2022.

12.05.2022

Three F4 Posters for Palace St.Gallen (CH) were awarded by 100 beste Plakate D/A/CH, 2021. Nice, nice, nice!

Photo by Gina Burri

26.09.2020

«Not (Yet) Cancelled» is the theme of Weltformat Graphic Design Festival 2020 and the newly launched Weltformat magazine that accompanies it. 

I had the pleasure to talk with Jacques Uldry, Werner Röthlisberger and Thomi Wolfensberger about different industrial printing techniques and their shift from a commercial to an exclusively artistic practice: Today, screen-printing appears to go through a comparable evolution as lithography after the introduction of offest printing.

You can buy your copy here. 

Designed by Laura Moor and Raphael Schoen. Published by Präsens Editionen and Verein Weltformat, 2020.

27.02.2020

Fresh from the printer and already available on Spector Books and CCA! Published by CCA (Canadian Center for Architecture, Montréal) and Spector Books: The book will be launched at LA Art Book Fair 2020, April 3–5. 

07.01.2020

Happy New Year! 2020, year of the rat.

And this is my first offset printing test! Small two-toned print run with two different screens.

26.12.2019

I’m honoured to be a new member of AGI (Alliance Graphic International). It’s incredible to be part of this professional club of design-fanatics from all over the world, alongside many designers I admire. Thanks to AGI, all the member and dear friends for their support; Paula Troxler, Na Kim, Niklaus Troxler, Erich Brechbühl, Jonas Vögeli, James Goggin and so many more. I’m grateful for this recognition of my rather quiet and slow, but persistent design practice.
Looking forward to share this adventure with all the other new-members, especially Tereza Ruller, Verena Panholzer and Daniel Wiesmann: Cheers to many frenetic discussions and ongoing dialogs in 2020!

24.09.2019

A very long time ago I created a set of 80 wood blocks, that allow you to print characters. It was inspired by a modular typface-system called Fregio Mecano, used for example for tiles of a subway-station (as the name implies: fregio = frieze).

This kind modular system is the starting point for a workshop Dafi Kühne and I will be giving at this year’s Welformat Festival. During the workshop participants will have the opportunity to experiment with a letterpress printing machine and print their own posters. These will be designed with modular, self-cut design systems made of grey cardboard as printing forms. After the workshop, the results will be presented in the exhibition Letterpress Posters at Weltformat Graphic Design Festival.

30.08.2019

Beginning of this year, I was invited to participate in the prestigious competition of the Kieler Woche to design the next year’s poster. See all results here: Kieler Woche 2020

05.07.2019

Never too late to wish a happy (new) year, is it?
This year’s poster is finally available: it’s A1 sized and obivously contains a great deal of pink! Place your order here

20.06.2019

Just got my copy of notamuse—A New Perspective on Women Graphic Designers in Europe! The book is a response to the predominantly male presence in the design scene, this book exclusively presents works by exceptional female designers. It is not about discovering something inherently “female” and defining “feminine” design, but to counter the male-dominated discourse of the sector. The carefully selected graphic works which open new perspectives on how diverse contemporary graphic design can be.With interviews conducted with 22 female designers, sociologists and design theorists. Get your copy now! Published by niggli Verlag

14.06.2019

Cheers to all the winners of the 100 beste Plakate 2018!
I had the honour to be part of the jury alongside with four amazing designers: Anette Lenz (Paris), Astrid Seme (Vienna), Johanna Siebein (Berlin) and Andrea Tinnes (Berlin).

26.09.2018

Summer is slowly coming to an end. The guidebooks I designed for this year’s Busan Biennale (with the title “Divided we Stand”) were delivered right on time for the opening. The biennial was curated by artistic director, Cristina Ricupero, curator Jörg Heiser, and guest curator Gahee Park. Look out for the catalog, the topic is highly contemporary, with a nod to the past and the future. Catalog published by SternbergPress.

24.09.2018

Happy to be included in the show “Ce n’est pas la taille qui compte”. Curated by François Havegeer & Sacha Léopold (Syndicat) with Quentin Schmerber and scenography by Pernelle Poyet at Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz.

01.08.2018

I had the pleasure of working on the Manual for The Swamp School.

Throughout the 16th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia, the Swamp School will function as a changing, flexible, open-ended structure that supports experiments in design, pedagogy and artistic intelligence. Invited designers and scholars will conduct performative lectures
and lead workshops for visitors to the Biennale, all of whom are invited to participate. In exploring the imaginary of a swamp—a living organism in which borders defined by social, political and cultural factors are porous and permeable—we will investigate an open artistic/architectural form and effective workshop and publication methodologies.

Curators of the Lithuanian pavilion, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas.

May–November 2018

The Swamp School is happening in three chapters:

1

Swamp Radio (on Transmitting)
May 23–27, 2018

2

Futurity Island (on Sympoietics)
June 26–30, 2018

3

Commonism (on Cohabiting)
September 24–29, 2018

www.swamp.lt

09.04.2018

Have you ever judged a book by its scent or sound? This it the title of my contribution to the upcoming exhibition Out of the Box during the 28th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2018.

I will present the most accomplished sounding books from my library. The selection takes in consideration the relation of format, size, volume and materiality of the object. All books have been examined by the same seven modes of handling: 

1 Scratching the cover
2 Tapping (with knuckles)
3 Flicking through (fast)
4 Dropping (altitude: 5–8 cm)
5 Creaking
6 Wobbling aka «The Flopp»
7 Closing with a snap

Sound recording: Beat Jegen, Zürich

20.02.2018

The exhibition In Our Present Condition (N–Z) is the result of the class  Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research: Porous Boundaries, Shifting Borders, and Fertile Edges. This class focused on collaborative artistic research projects related to ACT’s recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), a unique and renowned center of artistic research founded at MIT in 1967, and the predecessor to ACT.

The show is part of the many events and exhibits associated with the year-long celebration of the anniversary.

Co-taught by the CAVS 50th anniversary curatorial team: Laura Knott, Lars Bang Larsen, and Gediminas Urbonas.

I had the honor to create the visuals for the exhibition. More soon

08.01.2018

Little update for the website www.bookcities.org: Book Cities app invites guest-curators, who will share their favorite stores with us on the app and the website! Now the first feature is online: Find the recommendations of Zürich based publishing house Nieves (specialized in artist’s books and zines) here.

04.01.2018

Happy New Year! 2018, year of the dog. Poster coming soon...

20.12.2017

One of the new features is Meet the Members, presenting regularly members of the assoctiation Illustratores Switzerland. I visited Alice Kolb in her studio in Bern: Find the interview here.

20.12.2017

Finally the new platform for the assoctiation Illustrators Switzerland is on and running! It took a while, but it has so many new features, it was worthwhile waiting for. Now the platform is in two languages, as a mobile version and I don’t even start talking about the backend for members only! Check it out www.illustratoren-schweiz.ch

10.12.2017

I have been working with Simon Trüb from Moiré on a funny little book about the work of Valérie Favre. The book was launched on the occation of Favre’s solo exhibition at the Musée d'art et d'histoire Neuchâtel. The book gives insight into the artist’s universe by assembling notes, drawings and paintings on an equivalent level. Published by Scheidegger & Spiess. More informations soon!

26.09.2017

I'll be taking part at REDO, International Graphic Design Conference, Edition 7! Very much looking forward to this.

04.09.2017

The last couple of month I was working on a new smartphone app called Book Cities. First good news: it’s now available on the App Store and will get soon it’s first update! Second good news: It got already an article in the newspaper Corriere della Sera (Italy) and Monthly Design (Korea)!

I couldn't wish for a better start.

15.05.2017

I was invited to give a poster-workshop in Kazan (RUS) along with Sergey Kleshchev (RUS) and Christof Nüssli (CH). We have been invited by SMENA, a fascinating, independent cultural hub. Each year they organize a poster residency to create a greater awareness and understanding for poster-design.

28.03.2017

Last week I was having an workshop at legendary workshop week at ISBA, Besançon (FR). The image is one of the works in process: A new typeface, used by alien-hackers. Thank you for the invitation Thomas Bizzarri.

04.09.2017

I’m featured in the magazine «Shoplifters Issue 5». Shoplifter is an initiative by Provo (Utha, USA) based designer-collective Actual Source. Get your copy before it’s sold out!

17.01.2017

I have decided to separate the illustration from this page. Now, all my drawings, images and commissioned illustrations have their own web-site. That new project is called Drawing Room.
After 10 years of trying to reconcile my graphic design work and my illustrations, I would like to find out, how those two parts develop independently. I’ll keep you posted!

09.12.2016

Our exhibition «A Body of Work» on the cover of the next IDEA magazine!

IDEA No.376: Graphic designers and exhibitions. 2017/01

OK, it’s time to make a website update.

09.12.2016

I’m busy creating a new smartphone app. An idea I had a while ago, but never came around to actually do it. It’s going to be a handy little thing for book lovers. If all goes well, it will be released beginning of next year! I’m super exited: stay tuned.

07.09.2016

Some of my works have been exhibited in the show Swiss Style Now at Cooper Union in NYC. On that occation, I was talking about my work during the symposium Is this Swiss?.

23.06.2016

During the opening of our show, the series Rivista Apparente was awarded with the Grand Prix of the 27th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno. Unbelievable! Thank you so much!

16.06.2016

Finally, our show A Body of Work is open! You can visit it during the 27th Brno Biennale 2016 until October 10, 2016.

02.06.2016

The catalog for the next exhibition at Strauhof, Zürich: It’s printing now and will be ready for you at the opening next week. Join us for a little bit of anarchie!

01.06.2016

Last check of the catalog for the exhibition New Ways of Doing Nothing at Kunsthalle Wien. Well, it took us nearly 2 years to finish this book: But now it’s neat and ready and soon available at Sternberg Press!

20.10.2015

Preview of the exhibition Sinnesreize / Embracing Sensation at Kunstmuseum Bern. Official vernissage and book launch on October 22, 2015. Come and have a look!

15.09.2015

Taking part in the lecture format called AGI Open Young Talents during AGI conference in Biel/Bienne. Thanks for the opportunity to meet so many nice and talented people.

04.08. 2015

Soon out: artist book for Jonathan Delachaux edited by Edizioni Periferia.

Join us for the booklaunch on August 22, 2015 from 12:00 to 18:00 (with concert) in Lucerne.

16.06. 2015 

A selection of 7 books have been awareded.

What a great honor! Thank you so much for this!

Read more on the official Website of Swiss Design Award and the Blog

15.05.2015

Straight from the printer: Rivista Apparente 9 Will be launched at Offprint London on May 23!

14.05.2015

I’ll be taking part as an exhibitor at Offpint London.

Come by and say hi!

14.05.2015

The show Swiss Graphic Design in Seoul, 2014 includes the program booklet we made for EXIL Club and the anniversary book Fri-Son 1983–2013.

The exhibition had been curated by Noël Leu and Erich Brechbühl at Samwon Paper Gallery, Seoul, supported by ProHelvetia China and Weltformat.ch.

The exhibition will travel soon to Shanghai, China. Thank you guys! 

02.04.2015

Just arrived by post: new invitation cards for Helmhaus Zürich.

Next show opening on may 1

21.10.2014

A new member of the Rivista Apparente series!

Artist book with Rachel de Joode. Available now and here.

June 2014

Some of my work is shown at the 26th Brno Biennale 2014 (16.06. – 26.10.2014) and is featured in its nice catalogue, designed by Johannes Breyer and Fabian Harb.

23.04.2014

Last week at the printer in Amsterdam: The Covers for If Bees are Few… are printed. With letterpress on special seed-paper.

10.10.2013

Official birthday party and book lauch on Saturday 26.10.2013 at Fri-Son, 20–05h, free entry. Viens fêter avec nous!

05.03.2013

Soon to be released: A new publication series called Rivista Apparente in collaboration with Museo Apparente, a small gallery in the heart of Napoli (I).

07.02.2013 

Book lauch

Plots – Michael Günzburger. Published by Édition Patrick Frey. Designed by Heé Haas!

18.04.2012 

The Perfect Background was selected and will take part in the exhibition International Photobook Dummy Award '12, Paris

2011

Graphic #19 Best Book Competitions Issue of Graphic Magazine is featuring two of my books: Oman 1971–Bruno Barbey and The Detroit Diary. Including compents on the book Oman 1971–Bruno Barbey and a conversation about the book The Detroit Diary between Jimini Hignett and me.

January 2011

Two books I designed have been chosen as the Most beautiful Swiss books 2010.

The Detroit Diary

Oman 1971 – Bruno Barbey

Wow, such an honor!

2008

Kinki Magazine Nr. 8

Featuring my photographs