NNS19: Sheila Hicks. a little bit of a lot of things
Die US-amerikanische Künstlerin Sheila Hicks (*1934) hat sich über sechs Jahrzehnte hinweg immer wieder neu erfunden: von der Arbeit im Kontext des textilen Kunsthandwerks hin zu einer international renommierten zeitgenössischen Künstlerin. 2023 zeigte das Kunstmuseum St. Gallen in der Lokremise eine umfassende Einzelausstellung mit dem Titel «a little bit of a lot of things». Das gleichnamige Buch erschien zwei Jahre später und ist weit mehr als ein Ausstellungskatalog.
Mit dem dem Kurator und Direktor des Kunstmuseums St. Gallen Gianni Jetzer haben wir einerseits darüber gesprochen, wie ein Museum lokale Themen mit internationaler Kunstgeschichte verweben kann, andererseits darüber, wie enge Freund:innenschaften die Entstehungsprozesse von Ausstellungen beflügeln können.
Im Gespräch mit den Gafiker:innen Jana Liebe und Jonas Vögeli (Hubertus Design, Zürich) erhielten wir zudem Einblick in den zweijährigen Entstehungsprozess und wie sie vorgegangen sind, um die Stofflichkeit von Hicks’ Werk in ein Buch zu übersetzen.
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IMPRESSUM
Herausgeber:innenschaft: @giannijetzer Direktor und Kurator @kunstmuseumsg@lokmsg
Gestaltung: @hubertusdesign mit @janasofieliebe
Schrift: @s.vd.z
Verlag: @hatjecantzverlag
Druckerei: @robstolk.amsterdam
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5978-6
EXPERT:INNEN
Gianni Jetzer, Kurator
Jonas Vögeli @infinityvoegeli , Grafiker
Jana Liebe, Grafikerin
BILDER
Buch: Hubertus
Porträt Gianni Jetzer: Daniel Amann
Porträt Jonas Vögeli: Pablo Faccinetto
Porträt Jana Liebe: Vittorio Franzolini
@laurabreitschmid
#jonaswandeler
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
An Anna Blume. Cooperation with Zentrum Paul Klee. 2026.
Based on Kurt Schwitters’ iconic poem «An Anna Blume», thirteen of our students designed posters reinterpreting Schwitter’s experimental approach to language and typography through contemporary design practices. The posters are presented as part of the exhibition «Schwitters. Grenzgänger der Avantgarde» at the Zentrum Paul Klee @zentrumpaulklee , connecting historical avant-garde strategies with current graphic design.
The exhibition opens this Thursday, 19.03.26, at 18:00.
An Anna Blume. Cooperation with Zentrum Paul Klee. 2026.
Contributions by:
Léna Aebi @lena_aebi
Fynn Berger @ferberger_
Eloïse Fournier @rollercoasters_design
Ames Gerould @ames_gerould
Julia Holenweg @juliamaliiii
Chika Lutz @charoquinn
Belinda Mensah
Fabio Merino @fab.ioo
Lena Petrovic
Caroline Vrablik @cr.cr.vrblk
Sarah Ruckstuhl @ruckstuhlsarah
Vivienne Siegenthaler
Anastasiia Tokareva @tasya.tokareva
Laurin Winter @laurin.winter
Supervised by Jonas Voegeli @infinityvoegeli , Katharina Shafiei-Nasab @k.shafiei.nasab and Nicola Canziani @nicola.canziani
Posters printed by @uldry_ch in Bern
#typography #poster #kurtschwitters #zentrumpaulklee #graphicdesign #vczhdk #visualcommunication #zhdk #posterdesign #zentrumpaulklee #uldryprint
The 4th issue of NAGRA’s centenary magazine «500m+» explores how we deal with risk:
nuclear waste, deep geological repositories, existential threats, black swans — and the question of what societies choose to control, accept, or ignore.
Illustrated by @anna.haifisch who approaches the unthinkable with imagination rather than scientific explanation, visualising the absurd and the unpredictable throughout the entire issue.
Concept Schroten, Adrian Schraeder, Michele Roten
Design @hubertusdesign
Fonts @maxitype_com
#magazindesign #editorialdesign #Nagra #nuclearwaste
📕 LinzAtlas 📖
A Sociological Atlas of the City
Published in the context of Linz09 – European Capital of Culture.
A collection of maps and infographics reading Linz through data, space and everyday life.
In collaboration with Peter Arlt and Dimitri Broquard @dimitribroquard .
Awarded Most Beautiful Austrian Book 2009.
#LinzAtlas #Linz09 #UrbanResearch #EditorialDesign
… still painfully current!
Wo-Wo-Wonige! is a book about housing struggles, urban politics, and collective resistance in Zurich since 1968. Rooted in activism, tenant movements, and cooperative models, it documents how protest reshaped housing policy, urban life, and the imagination of the city. Award-winning in both content and design, the book stands as a precise typographic and historical record of a movement that refused speculation and demanded livable cities.
(Side note: the slogan “Wo-wo-wonige” now reappears on a contemporary FDP poster—an oddly displaced echo, considering its origins in left-wing housing activism.)
#Wo-Wo-Wonige!
#ThomasStahel
Design: #JonasVoegeli, with Beni Roffler
Paranoia City Verlag, Zurich
Silver Medal – Best Book Design from All Over the World 2007
462 pages · 265 images · 155 × 249 mm · full color
ISBN 978-3-907522-22-6
#bookdesign #housingpolitics
The Radical Poetics of Materiality
In VC-Edition Nr. 17, Guy Meldem @guymeldem explores radical material honesty—celebrating immediacy, roughness, and improvisation. During a week-long workshop at ZHdK, BA Visual Communication students redefined what a lamp can be when freed from functional expectations.
The results are provisional luminous constructions—between function and fiction—built from mesh, posters, wire, and glue. Instability became method; experimentation became insight. This edition captures these gestures and experiments as a reflection on design as an act of thought.
DM us, write an email or come by at our office to order the publication.
The Radical Poetics of Materiality. 2023. VC-Edition Nr. 17. Produced in the third semester workshop with contributions by:
Viviane Bettschart @vivianedominique
Stanislas Favre @stanislas.favre
Miles Fischli @ichmachsfischli
Jelka Freivogel @vreifogel
Niclas Funk @curdin28
Alicia Godel @aliciamariagodel
Loïs Grimm @grimmwerk
Lia Grünig @liagruenig
Nina Hitz @nina____hitz
Marina Huber @marinaguscetti
Marc Iselin @mark.izelin
Clara Kuhnke @clara.kuhnke
Alison Léger @alisonleger_
Aatos Mononen
Vivien Pöhls @gravivik
Valerie Rohner @valerie_rohner
Justin Scharer @justinscharer
Lea Spiess @spiess.lea
Praveena Srirathan @praveenaax
Lisa Steiger
Dennis Vugts @44444dennis
Supervised by Guy Meldem @guymeldem
Introductory Text by Jonas Voegeli @infinityvoegeli
ISBN 978-3-907450-01-7
#publication #materiality #designresearch #vcedition #graphicdesign #vczhdk #visualcommunication #zhdk
König Hirsch / King Stag 🦌 📚
…meeting Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s mesmerising marionettes one by one.
At the heart of it all lies the previously unpublished manuscript — full of local colour and subtle references — which shaped the rhythm and atmosphere of the book.
We fell in love with the richness and quiet humour of this 1918 Dada reinterpretation and tried to make the book itself feel like a small theatrical journey.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published by @museumgestaltung and @scheidegger_und_spiess
#SophieTaeuberArp #KönigHirsch #Dada #Avantgarde #Marionettes #Puppetry #SwissDesign #DesignHistory #BookDesign #TheatreDesign #ArtHistory #MuseumfürGestaltung #BookRelease #editorialdesign #hubertusdesign
@dza.druck
👑 König Hirsch / King Stag 🦌
…opening curtains, discovering scenes, meeting Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s mesmerising marionettes one by one.
At the heart of it all lies the previously unpublished manuscript — full of local colour and subtle references — which shaped the rhythm and atmosphere of the book.
We fell in love with the richness and quiet humour of this 1918 Dada reinterpretation and tried to make the book itself feel like a small theatrical journey.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich and @scheidegger_und_spiess@optimofoundry (Reply by Rappo)
#SophieTaeuberArp #KönigHirsch #Dada #Avantgarde #Marionettes #Puppetry #SwissDesign #DesignHistory #BookDesign #TheatreDesign #ArtHistory #MuseumfürGestaltung #BookRelease #editorialdesign #hubertusdesign
Kawsay Suyu. Diploma Project by Max Diemair @maxdiemair
During digitisation work at the United Herbaria Zurich (Z + ZT), the long-lost estate of ecosystem researcher and Goldman Environmental Prize laureate Dr Luise Nayra Rondo resurfaced last year. It includes materials from her 2037 expedition to the Kawsay Suyu National Reserve in Peru – among them clues to previously unexplained natural phenomena. The exhibition now presents this extraordinary archive to the public for the first time.
VC BA Diploma 2025.
Supervised by Jonas Voegeli @infinityvoegeli and Matthias Michel #MatthiasMichel
#speculativedesign #graphicdesign #vczhdk #visualcommunication #zhdk
We return to the @buchmesse this October! Come and find us in hall 3.1, booth H141 where we present our latest books on architecture, design, photography, art, and society as well as a selection of backlist bestsellers and upcoming highlights.
Get your hands on advance copies of "Mini Cigarillos: Working with Oscar Niemeyer for Two Months" by Martino Pedrozzi. A small publication capturing the two impactful months that Pedrozzi spent with Niemeyer in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
The book is also available for pre-order via our webshop.
🗓️ October 15-19, 2025
📍 Hall 3.1 / Booth H141
🔗 Get your ticket via the link in Bio
#fbm25 #FrankfurterBuchmesse #bookfair #architecturebooks #designbooks #photobooks #artbooks #larsmuellerpublishers
✨ Hubertus ONLINE STOCK SALE!
—> Rare Hubertus editions, many of which are no longer available on the market.
📚 Priced at CHF 10–20.
⚡ First come, first serve.
📩 DM to order (shipping worldwide, CHF 10–30).
#hubertusdesign #raredesignbooks #stocksale #booklover #designbooks #graphicdesign #swissdesign #visualcommunication #limitededition #bookdesing
