A poster announcing a group show at the Villa Bernasconi, a multidisciplinary art center.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm 

Rathania's is an exhibition project curated by Fabrice Gygi.

"I wanted this exhibition open to all, without selection, in order of registration and subject to availability".

Fabrice Gygi

Invitation, poster and signage 

A poster announcing the performance "Prometheus Landscape II" by Jan Fabre which performed at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

The studio developed a new layout system for the women's fashion magazine Edelweiss. The studio designed and art directed the first three issues of the magazine. Further to this, we developed a new visual identity in accordance with the new design structure.

April, May and June 2011 issues

Magazine size 220 x 280 mm

Edited by Ringier

A poster announcing a group show at the Villa Bernasconi, a multidisciplinary art center.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

New visual identity and art direction for the art publisher "Editions Macula" based in Paris.

Stationary, website and book design

Conceptualisation and execution of a new design book structure for the art publisher "Editions Macula", based in Paris.

Gustave Geffroy

"Claude Monet, sa vie, son oeuvre"

Book size 160 x 240 mm, 528 pages

Aby Warburg

"Le Rituel du Serpent" 

Book size 160 x 240 mm, 188 pages

A poster announcing the annual group show at the Villa Bernasconi, a multidisciplinary art center.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Folding poster designed for the occasion of the exhibition

"Zone Entropie", a collaboration between three Art Universities: Head–Genève; the Bauhaus–Universität Weimar and HGB in Leipzig.

Poster size 420 x 594 mm 

Mai au Parc is an open air festival that takes place every May in Geneva. The client's visual identity structure is based on a series of illustrations.

2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 editions

Posters size 895 x 1280 mm

Aeby Perneger & Associés is an architecture firm based in Geneva. For its visual identity structure a specific and rigorous grid system was developed. Then the system was applied to all communcation modes.

Stationary, announcement and website

A poster for Alexandre Joly's solo show at the Villa Bernasconi, a multidisciplinary art center.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Invitation size 148 x 210 mm 

Overall design of Forde 1994–2009, an archive publication. Forde is a pioneering, independent exhibition space within Geneva. Each of the nine curatorial teams who have directed Forde over the past 15 years have an individual chapter. Each chapter opens with a light cardboard insert followed by text and pictures. The front cover is an overprint of the various inserts which pulls the overall narrative together.

Book size 210 x 280 mm, 522 pages

Edited by Forde, distributed by JRP | Ringier

The Book was awarded at "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2009".

Communication for the 24 hours art event titled Nycthémère. The exhibitions took place at approximately twenty independent art spaces within Geneva simultaneously.

Program size 420 x 594 mm

Catalogue designed for the occasion of the group show "Avant-goût" at LiveInYourHead, the art space of Head–Genève.

Catalogue size 150 x 225 mm, 80 pages

Published by Head–Genève

Villa Bernasconi is a multidisciplinary art center based in Lancy, Switzerland, where four to five events take place each year. Here is a series of posters designed announcing the exhibitions: "Home", "Trou", "La bande à Tchô!", "Jardins", "Performances en chambre", "Série noire", "Line (cross the)", "Regard sur une collection".

Posters size 895 x 1280 mm

LiveInYourHead is the curatorial institute of the Geneva University of Art and Design. These folding posters were designed for the 2010/2011 program. Each poster was conceptualised as a fanzine cover. A year book will follow and be designed as a series of fanzines, covering each exhibition.

Invitations size 420 x 297 mm

Signage for the Geneva University of Art and Design. The graphic interface and the concept of mise en abyme developed here references the architectural specificity of each of the five buildings.

Photography by Stéphanie Gygax

Archive photography by Baptiste Coulon

Announcement for "The Quartier des Bains". The association aims to encourage and promote contemporary art in Geneva, particulary in the Quartier des Bains area. This area has recently become a concentrated platform for contemporary art in Switzerland. 

Artwork by Das Institut

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Annoucement design for the play "Visage de Feu" by the company Mimesis. 

Photography by Olivier Pasqual 

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Art direction and announcement design for the performance "Tell me Swiss" at the Swiss Pavilion in Shanghai.

Photography by Olivier Pasqual

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Announcement released in Switzerland for the occasion of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's World Tour which performed at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva.

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Brochure published for the occasion of the new "e-TEM" building's grand opening. The publication showcases the architectural project conceived by LocalArchitecture, a studio based in Lausanne.

Brochure size 170 x 240 mm, 24 pages

Graphic design interface developed for the cycle of conferences titled Talking Heads. Once a month the Geneva University of Art and Design organises a meeting with one of the emblematic figures within a contemporary creative field. Artists, designers, architects, critics, graphic designers, film-makers, choreographers  and authors of all scope are invited to share their efforts together with a corresponding specialist's work.

Invitation size 148 x 210 mm

LiveInYourHead is the curatorial institute of the Geneva University of Art and Design. These invitation cards were designed for the 2009/2010 program. The naming of this new space pays homage to the exhibition organized at the Kunstalle, in Bern, in 1969 by the well-known Swiss curator Harald Szeemann. The subtitle of the exhibition is "Live in your head. When Attitudes Become Form".

Photography by Olivier Pasqual

Invitation size 148 x 210 mm

Design of the book produced for AC|DC. This anthology is based on a symposium which included design specialists such as Paola Antonelli, Anthony Dunne, Alexandra Midal, Rick Poynor and Alice Rawsthorn. The publication also includes the art specialists such as Paul Ardenne, Diedrich Diederichsen and Hal Foster who deliver original contributions. The overall scope of the symposium enlightens the dialogue between art and design. Along with this it addresses the question of each fields's autonomy.

Book size 160 x 210 mm, 280 pages

Edited by Geneva University of Art and Design

Distributed by JRP | Ringier

Art direction and graphic design of the Montreux Jazz Café's magazine.

Magazine size 148 x 210 mm, 96 pages 

Published by Montreux Jazz Café 

The overall brand identity and art direction for the first Montreux Jazz Café. The café is located at the Geneva International Airport. The identity is based on a very elementary graphic: the dots, which reference the foundation of music, notes.

Signage, environmental graphics, packaging and stationary 

Signage photography by Annik Wetter

Packaging photography by Olivier Pasqual 

The studio was in charge of the visual communication for five editions of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Here are the 42nd editions's design. The graphic was based on John Armleder's artwork.

Artwork by John M Armleder

Poster size 895 x 1280 mm

Program size 148 x 210 mm, 92 pages

Overall design of the study guide for students at the Geneva University of Art and Design. The layout is based on the Head–Genève corporate design and features student's artwork.

Book size 155 x 230 mm, 320 pages

Edited by Geneva University of Art and Design

Visual identity of the Geneva University of Art and Design. The institution was created in 2006 through the amalgamation of the Fine Arts school and the Applied Arts school. The teaching provided at Head–Genève promotes a close dialogue between lecturers' and students', where students are considered as the prime architects of their creative path. The graphic and typographic system highlight this dialogue.

Institutional banner, logotype, stationary, admission posters, diploma party invitation

Art direction and communication set for the 10th anniversary of the magazine Edelweiss. The studio commissioned ten artists to develop specific images that were featured in a notebook published for this special occasion.

Notebook size 120 x 170 mm, 160 pages

Edited by Ringier, Edelweiss

Overall book design for the fashion design department of Head–Genève. The book records the archives of workshops with Marc le Bihan, Laurent Mercier and Marc Schils at the Geneva University of art and design.

Book size 200 x 250 mm, 128 pages

Edited by Geneva University of Art and Design

ISBN 978-2-8399-0254-0 

Visual identity for Flux laboratory, a space dedicated to dance and art located in Geneva.

Signage, stationary and invitations

(Designed with and for Base) 

Overall graphic design of the catalogue for The Mercury Collection, along with the invitation to the launch of the collection at Basel World.

Invitation size 180 x 120 mm

Catalogue size 240 x 305 mm, 56 pages

Visual identity for the Fluxum Foundation.

Stationary

(Designed with and for Base) 

Visual identity for the Bac, a temporary art center that reunited five institutions in Geneva.

Signage, stationary, program and poster 

Visual identity for the contemporary art gallery Blancpain.

Gallery signage, stationary and invitations

Design of the book "abstract since 2000" published after five years of activity by the magazine "abstract" and it's eponymous art gallery.

Book size 210 x 260 mm, 192 pages

Edited by Abstract

Distributed by JRP | Ringier

ISBN 978-3-905701-87-6