Museum of Design and Poster Collection
The Museum of Design at the Zurich University of the Arts is Switzerland’s leading design and visual communication museum.
In its collections, the museum preserves stocks of worldwide importance - the Design Collection; the Graphics Collection; the Applied Art Collection and the Poster Collection. Each collection displays many milestones of technical and aesthetic development since the beginning of industrialisation.
Close to the museum, you’ll find the catalog room. This is a real insiders tip. The catalog room happens to have one of the largest collections of graphic design posters worldwide. It can be visited on request only and a very informative guided tour can be arranged (closed during July and August).
Visit the English website for more information.
Dadaism
The Dada movement started in Zurich in the early 20th century. The movement involved literature, poetry, theatre and grapic design. It brought many great thinkers to Zurich.
Nowadays you can still see Dada in town: Visit the Cabaret Voltaire to learn about the history of Dadaism and see what Dada looks like today.
The Rote Fabrik Cultural Center
Alongside the lovely Lake Zurich, is the Rote Fabrik . On the global design scene, it is known for breaking design-rules in the 80’s, and providing a substantial input to poster-design and the music scene. If you like street art, you’ll definitely find the newest graffiti on the walls around the Rote Fabrik.
This is a perfect get-away from the buzzing city center and offers great concerts, parties and a restaurant with excellent but reasonably-priced organic food.
Designomat
A Designomat is a conventional cigarette machine, filled with an extraordinarily limited collection of design articles.
Designers from all design disciplines produce small treasures in the format of a cigarette box that are affordable for everyone. One piece costs as little as 8 Swiss Francs, and is perfect as a gift for yourself or your friends.
You can find Designomats in different locations around town, such as Kafi für dich , Z am Park or Café des Amis . These are also all lovely places to have a coffee or tasty food.
Other interesting things…
- The book, 'S wissness' by Klaus Leuschel – Swiss design worldwide in English and German
- The Swiss designer, Alfredo Häberli
- The Swiss architect, artist, painter and typeface designer, Max Bill
- A film about the Helvetica font
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