Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living

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Valentin Kaiser – Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living

Permanent Culture is a guide about Permaculture, which is a systemic and global method of conceiving agricultural systems and housing environments, but also any other systems, inspired by natural ecology, biomimicry and tradition. The challenge of the publication was to promote this new method of economical, social and cultural organisation. Through the book, Graphic Design and Permaculture meet, creating links on hierarchy, organisation and optimisation of space.

Diploma project (2017) by Valentin Kaiser

Permanent Culture is a guide about Permaculture, which is a systemic and global method of conceiving agricultural systems and housing environments, but also any other systems, inspired by natural ecology, biomimicry and tradition. The challenge of the publication was to promote this new method of economical, social and cultural organisation. Through the book, Graphic Design and Permaculture meet, creating links on hierarchy, organisation and optimisation of space.

Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living
Permanent Culture: A Manual for Sustainable Living

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As part of this editorial design course, students developed a research-based project focused on the selection and design of texts around a shared theme. Based on a curated set of sources, each project presents two editions with identical content, produced in both a large and a small format.
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by Leandra Adler, Cansu Celen, Layana Comte, Anaïs Dermont, Camille Genoud, Eve Gremaud, Eloïse Guillod, Mathis Harmant, Marie Hintzy, Matteo Lucca, Maxime Manera, Gaëtan Mauclair, Mathys Mauron, Emma Morisseau, Sara Pedersoli, Lucie Pittet, Hélène Prongué, Leonardo Mariucci, Alice Refachinho, Justine Renevey, Gaspard Schlatter, Laura Simons, Vu Toni Thien Duc, Maïa Yassin, Jonas Zesiger

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