Michael Baviera, Switzerland (1998)
Michael Baviera is well remembered for his posters and logotypes, but his creative activities extended far beyond. His work as an educator, author, editor and exhibition organiser, are evidence that...
Read full biography1963–68: studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich.
1965: freelance work with Josef Müller-Brockmann.
1967: founds the publishing house Um die Ecke, together with his eldest brother Silvio R. Baviera.
1968: starts Atelier for Corporate Design in Zürich.
1975: co-founder of Wohnfl ex Inneneinrichtung, president of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schweizer Graphiker, judge in various national and international competitions, employee of the magazine idee...à jour.
1978: author and publisher of a monograph on Hannes Gruber.
1979–81: awarded art scholarships by the Swiss canton of Zürich.
1981: co-founder of the Atelier BBV in Zürich, Lyons, Milan.
1987: appointed professor by the Institut für Kommunikationsdesign at the Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany.
1988: author and publisher of the Monatsbuch Gruber/Baviera.
1989: publishes the book Hannes Sils-Chiavenna- Sicilia Gruber.
1990: new atelier in Barbaresco completed.