The Handbook

Jean-Benoît Levy

Many photography and few texts on the visual representation of hand signs. The graphical expressions of hand signs in various daily situations demonstrates differences between signs + codes, symbols + icons, motion + gestures, interpretations + styles. Reflection about the growing tendencies of non-verbal expressions versus textual informations in the world and is addressed to a global audience interested in graphic languages, environmental communication and transcultural information design.

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    Jean-Benoît Levy, Switzerland (1998)

    Multi-task visual communicator with nomadic aspirations. Jean-Benoit Levy (JBL) is a Swiss-American graphic designer, visual artist, educator and occasional troublemaker of visual conventions. Trained at the Basel School of Design...

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    Many photography and few texts on the visual representation of hand signs. The graphical expressions of hand signs in various daily situations demonstrates differences between signs + codes, symbols + icons, motion + gestures, interpretations + styles. Reflection about the growing tendencies of non-verbal expressions versus textual informations in the world and is addressed to a global audience interested in graphic languages, environmental communication and transcultural information design.

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    Jean-Benoît Levy, Switzerland (1998)

    Multi-task visual communicator with nomadic aspirations.
    Jean-Benoit Levy (JBL) is a Swiss-American graphic designer, visual artist, educator and occasional troublemaker of visual conventions.
    Trained at the Basel School of Design in the Swiss tradition of typography by Armin Hofmann, Wolfgang Weingart, Peter von Arx and more,
    he founded Studio A N D in Basel in 1989, working across identity, typography, publishing and visual communication.
    Since 2006, he has been based in San Francisco while maintaining an international practice between Europe, the US and Asia. His work and teaching explore the spaces between graphic design, visual culture and everyday communication.
    He shares his experience through exhibitions, workshops and teaching, with recurring interests in street advertising, typography, visual systems and the unexpected ways images communicate.

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    https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/handbook

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    • Jean-Benoit Levy

    Lars Müller Publishers

    Confirming that hand signs constitute a global, inter-cultural metalanguage, this publication invites us to observe our own surroundings with a new curiosity and sense of awareness.

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    • Undergraduate

    2006 – 2026

    • San Jose State University (USA)
    • Art Center College of Design, Europe (Switzerland)
    • Kunstgewerbeschule Base (Switzerland)

    Basic for graphic design and typography

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