Erich Brechbühl, Switzerland

AGI member since 2007

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Erich Brechbühl is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer and is mainly known for his diverse poster designs – his preferred mode of graphic expression.
After studying typography, he became an apprentice graphic designer under Niklaus Troxler and finally opened his own studio, Mixer, in Lucerne in 2003. In 2009 he was co-founder of the Weltformat Graphic Design Festival in Lucerne and started the regular exchange meeting for graphic designers called Show & Tell in 2012.
For his posters he won numerous international awards and since 2007 he’s a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

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    Erich Brechbühl, Switzerland (2007)

    Erich Brechbühl is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer and is mainly known for his diverse poster designs – his preferred mode of graphic expression. After studying typography, he became...

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    Erich Brechbühl, Switzerland (2007)

    Erich Brechbühl is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer and is mainly known for his diverse poster designs – his preferred mode of graphic expression.
    After studying typography, he became an apprentice graphic designer under Niklaus Troxler and finally opened his own studio, Mixer, in Lucerne in 2003. In 2009 he was co-founder of the Weltformat Graphic Design Festival in Lucerne and started the regular exchange meeting for graphic designers called Show & Tell in 2012.
    For his posters he won numerous international awards and since 2007 he’s a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

    Awards

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    • 2020

    Grand Prize, Ecuador Poster Bienal
    • 2020

    Silver Prize, Digital Out of Home Category, Swiss Poster Award
    • 2019

    Bronze Prize, Essence 19, Best of Swiss Graphic Design
    • 2019

    Jury-Award of Hajime Tsushima, China International Poster Biennial, Hangzhou
    • 2018

    Golden Bee Award, Category A: Fresh Wind, Golden Bee 13, Moscow
    • 2018

    Visitor's Award, Int. Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno
    • 2018

    Gold Prize, Digital Out of Home Category, Swiss Poster Award 2017
    • 2017

    Winner, 20th Biennial Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
    • 2016

    Silver Prize, Public Service Category, Swiss Poster Award 2015
    • 2015

    TPDA Award, Taiwan International Graphic Design Award
    • 2015

    Winner, 19th Biennial Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
    • 2015

    3rd Prize, Trnava Poster Triennial, Slovakia
    • 2015

    Bronze Prize, Cultural Category, Swiss Poster Award 2014
    • 2014

    First prize, Grafia Tapani Aartomaa Prix, Lahti Poster Triennial, Finland
    • 2013

    Bronze Medal, Taiwan International Poster Design Awards
    • 2013

    1st Prize, Int. Biennial of Theater Posters Rzeszow, Poland
    • 2013

    TDC Prize, Tokyo TDC Annual Awards
    • 2012

    Golden Bee Award, Golden Bee 10, Moskau
    • 2009

    Bronze, Culture Category, Swiss Poster Award 2008
    • 2008

    2nd Prize, Concours international d’affiches, Chaumont
    • 2008

    Merit, ADC Awards, New York
    • 2008

    Grand Prix, Swiss Poster Award 2007
    • 2008

    The most beautiful German Books 2007
    • 2007

    Grand Prix, Lahti Poster Biennial, Finland
    • 2007

    The most beautiful Swiss Books 2006
    • 2006

    2nd Prize, Trnava Poster Triennial
    • 2006

    Gold, Culture Category, Swiss Poster Award 2005
    • 2006

    Type Directors Club New York: Certificate of Typographic Excellence
    • 2004

    Red Dot Award: Communication Design (with Distinction)
    • 2004

    Honoured Prize of Józef Mroszczak, Int. Poster Biennale Warsaw
    • 2003

    Bronze, Cultural Posters Section, China International Poster Biennial
    • 2003

    The most beautiful Swiss Books 2002
    • 2002

    Gold, Student Section, Korea International Poster Biennale
    • 2002

    Design Prestige – Int. Award for Design, Int. Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno