After the Samwon Paper Gallery in Seoul and at the West Bund Art Centre in Shanghai, it's at the Cooper Union Gallery in New York that the "Swiss Style Now" exhibition took place from september 07 to 1rst of october 2016.
In collaboration with Erich Brechbühl, Noël Leu and Alexander Tochilovsky, Xavier Erni organised and designed a show about contemporary Swiss graphic design.
The aesthetic of Swiss style is the famous model of graphic design of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for its use of minimal grid-based systems and its cold, impersonal approach. It was born during an era of heavy industrialization when there was a need for a simple visual language that could be understood by many within international trades. Today, design and advertising has changed but Swiss graphic design, with its important role in design history, is still often reduced to those clichés. The philosophy of the pioneers of Swiss design, with their strict rules and grids, has had an influence on contemporary Swiss designers, but the Swiss style today is much more diverse, emotional and fun. The exhibition will present an overview of Swiss graphic design from the last five years to reveal a wide range of approaches, techniques and media utilized by contemporary designers. It will feature around 150 works from different generations, showcasing different motivations and influences. It will offer an insight in the fascination for details, experimentation and craftsmanship that goes into creating visionary new designs. The visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to draw their own conclusions as to what they view as being Swiss style now.
Alumnis of Visual Communication exposed their works amongst other swiss graphic designers.

Alumnis:

Adeline Senn, Martin Maeder, Ismael Abdallah: AMI
Alex Dujet: Futur Neue
David Mamie: TM
Rob Van Leisjen
Sebastien Fasel, Fabienne Kilchör: Emphase
Cécile Nanjoud, Roger Gaillard: Cécile + Roger
Thuy-An Hoang, Xavier Erni: Neo Neo
Mathieu Christe