Anna Haas, Switzerland (2019)
Anna Haas is a swiss graphic designer and illustrator. After Germany and The Netherlands, her studio is now based in Switzerland. The work of Anna Haas ranges from editorial design...
Read full biographyAnna Haas is a swiss graphic designer and illustrator. After Germany and The Netherlands, her studio is now based in Switzerland. The work of Anna Haas ranges from editorial design to visual identities, digital applications, illustrations and poster design in the fields of art, culture and research. She studied Illustration at HSLU (Lucerne, CH) and Graphic Design at Werkplaats Typografie (Arnhem, NL). In 2014 Haas co-founded the association Illustratoren Schweiz. She teaches at Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts (HSLU) at the department of visual communication. Recently she initiated and runs the smartphone app Book Cities, a non-profit index of independent bookstores. Her work was awarded with the Swiss Design Award and the Grand Prix of the International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno. Her publications where selected by Photo-Eye—Best Photobook and the Most Beautiful Swiss Books.
Education
Guest teacher
- Undergraduate
2014 – today
- HSLU—Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts (Switzerland)
Poster Design Residence, Workshop
- Undergraduate
2018 – 2018
- Centre of Contemporary Culture SMENA, Kazan (Russia)
Workshop
- Undergraduate
2017 – 2017
- ISBA, Besançon (France)
Teaching position
- Undergraduate
2014 – 2014
- EAA CIFOM, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland)
Guest professor
- Undergraduate
2013 – 2013
- HfG Karlsruhe (Germany)
Lectures
A Go For The No Go
(2018)
- Typoclub, HKB, Bern, Switzerland
REDO, International Graphic Design Conference, Edition 7
(2017)
- REDO, International Graphic Design Conference, Edition 7, Pristina, XK
Welformat Korea Symposium
(2017)
- Welformat Korea Symposium, Seoul, South Korea
Parsons, The New School of Design, New York City
(2016)
- Parsons, The New School of Design, New York City, USA
MIT ACT, Cambridge/Boston
(2016)
- MIT ACT, Cambridge/Boston, USA
Is this Swiss?
(2016)
- Symposium at Cooper Union, NYC, ‹Swiss Style Now›, USA
Awards
2016
2015
2011
2010
Other Professional Activities
100 beste Plakate 2018 (jury member)
2019 – 2019
President of the association Illustratoren und Illustratorinnen Schweiz
2014 – 2018
ADG Laus Awards (jury member)
2018 – 2018
Parsons, The New School of Design, New York City, USA (external critic)
2016 – 2016
MIT ACT, Cambridge/Boston, USA (external critic)
2016 – 2016
HkB, Bern, CH (external critic)
2013 – 2013
Jury member of ‹Junges Weltformat›
2012 – 2012
Royal College of Art, London, UK (talk)
2010 – 2010