Stephan
Bundi
Stephan Bundi is a graduate of the Bern School of Design (University of the Arts). He later studied book design and illustration at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart before going into business for himself.
As a designer and art director for film producers, concert promoters, museums, theatres and publishers, he combines unconventional ideas with practical Swiss tradition. His clients include international corporations such as Swissair, Nikon and IBM as well as smaller firms, publishing houses and institutions.
The content being conveyed and the visualization of the message are paramount to his work. To achieve this, he chooses the technique that can be used best to interpret the content, be it typography, drawing, painting or photography.
As the owner of a studio with employees and trainees, it is important to him that all authorship is clearly identified. When other individuals are involved in the design of one of his projects, they are listed by name in the credits. All of the works illustrated here were created solely by Stephan Bundi.
He has taught at several universities, held lectures and workshops around the world and was a professor at Bern University of the Arts (1999–2013).
Bundi has had many one-man shows and exhibitions all over the world. Since the 1980s he has regularly taken part in the most important international poster exhibitions and has been member of many international juries.
Other professional activities
1983
Co-founder and member of the board of the Union of Swiss Graphic Designers (SGV)
2008
Appointed guest professor at the Arts University in Nanjing, China
2006–2009
Member of the AGI International Executive Committee
2010–2013
President »100 Beste Plakate« (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
2010–2016
President AGI Switzerland
2015
In charge of organizing, sponsoring and designing the Coexistence poster exhibition.
140 AGI designers from all over the world designed posters that were exhibited in the public space of the bilingual city of Biel, Switzerland.
Platinum / 8 Awards from Graphis Poster (NY)
Gold / 11th International Poster Biennial of Mexico
Gold / 2nd Chicago International Poster Biennial
Gold / 4th International Poster Triennial Mons
Gold / Joseph Binder Award, Design Austria Vienna 2010
Gold / (Grand Prize) 7th International Triennial of Stage Poster, Sophia
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2008
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2013
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2016
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2017
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2018
Gold / Swiss Poster Award 2020
Gold / 42 Awards from Graphis Poster (NY)
Silver / Joseph Binder Award, Design Austria Vienna 2012
Silver / 2nd Korea International Poster Biennial
Silver / 13th International Biennial of Theatre Posters Rzeszów, Poland
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2008
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2010
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2011
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2013
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2015
Silver / Swiss Poster Award 2017
Silver / 24 Awards from Graphis Poster (NY)
Bronze / Swiss Poster Award 2011
Bronze / Swiss Poster Award 2015
Bronze / International Hiii Typography Awards 2013
Bronze / International Hiiibrand Awards 2015 / Logo
Winner / German Design Award 2015
Red Dot / 22 Awards
Other awards:
Main Prize / Swiss Federal Design Competition, 1985
Several Certificates of Typographic Excellence / Type Directors Club New York
Icograda Excellence Award / 20th Warsaw International Poster Biennial
Laureate 2010 / Internationaler PKHR-Preis (Plakatmuseum Essen)
14 Merit and Distinctive Merit Awards / Art Directors Club New York
Best of Nation Award / EULDA European Logo Design Award ’06
Honorary Mention / 22nd Warsaw International Poster Biennial
Honorary Mention / 10th International Poster Biennial of Mexico
Honorary Mention / 18th Biennial Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
16 Awards / 100 Best Posters Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Swiss Posters of the Year, several times
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books, several times
