Stephan Bundi, Switzerland (2001)
As a designer and art director, he works for film producers, concert organizers, museums, theaters and publishers. He combines unconventional ideas in the practice-near Swiss design tradition. He has taught...
Read full biographyAs a designer and art director, he works for film producers, concert organizers, museums, theaters and publishers. He combines unconventional ideas in the practice-near Swiss design tradition.
He has taught at various universities, given lectures around the world and led numerous workshops. He was also a professor at the University of the Arts in Bern and Nanjing.
The focus of his work is the communication and visualization of messages. He always chooses the technique that best conveys the respective content - be it through font, drawing, painting or photography. For him, the creative process is dynamic: from the first sketch to the print-ready template, it is continuously reviewed, rethought and further developed.
He is in international demand both as a poster artist and as a logo designer and has participated as a jury member in numerous design biennials. He won gold medals at the biennials/triennials in Chicago, Mexico, Mons, New York, Sofia, Seoul and Vienna. He was also awarded the ICOGRADA Excellence Award in Warsaw and has received the Swiss Poster Award several times.
He was also president of AGI Switzerland.
Exhibitions
Stephan Bundi Posters
2015
Museum Leopoldo Rother Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
Solo poster exhibition. I additionally conducted a workshop at the university’s Facultad de Artes and held a public lecture about my work for students and professional designers. A Swiss graphic designer – Josef Müller Brockmann – last showed his work in this museum in 1991.
Stephan Bundi Plakate / Affiches
2013
Center PasquArt and Public Space, Biel / Bienne
Posters from 2007 to 2013 for the City Theater Biel Solothurn. 55 posters for theater and opera.
Stephan Bundi / Claude Kuhn
2011
Gutenberg Museum, Freiburg
Poster Exhibition with Claude Kuhn
Lectures
Design as a Language
(2015)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Plakate für kulturelle und soziale Institutionen
(2014)
- Weissraum Innsbruck, Designforum Tirol, Austria
Seeing through mind’s eye
(2014)
- AllDesign / Hilton Convention and Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Visuelle Kommunikation oder visuelle Dekoration?
(2014)
- Tag der Typografie / Technopark Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Posters
(2014)
- Design College, Nanjing Arts Institute, China
Vom Künstlerplakat zum Plakatkünstler
(2013)
- Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
Stephan Bundi / Designer of visual Sories
(2012)
- Architektur Forum Ostschweiz / Alumni HFKG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Stephan Bundi, Grafiker
(2012)
- SWB Schweizerischer Werkbund Bern, Schweiz
Posters by Stephan Bundi
(2011)
- China Academy of Art Hangzhou, China
Posters by Stephan Bundi
(2011)
- Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany
Posters by Stephan Bundi
(2011)
- Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Finland
Stephan Bundi Posters
(2011)
- Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
Swiss Posters
(2011)
- MAK, Museum für Angewandte Kunst / Exhibition "100 best Posters", Austria
Stephan Bundi Plakate
(2010)
- Kunsthochschule Weissensee Berlin, Germany
Agencies
Atelier Bundi
1975 – present
atelierbundi.ch
Awards
2023
2014
2006
2010–2024
2010
2010
1989
2010
2008, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
2010–2025
2012
2004
2011
2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
2010–2016
2011, 2015, 2024
2013
2022
2023
2008–2023
2015
2009–2021
Other Professional Activities
Co-founder and member of the board of the Union of Swiss Graphic Designers (SGV)
1983 – present
Member of the AGI International Executive Committee
2006 – 2009
Appointed guest professor at the Arts University in Nanjing, China
2008 – present
President »100 Beste Plakate« (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
2010 – 2013
President AGI Switzerland
2010 – 2016