As part of the magazine course led by Anouk Schneider and Chi-Long Trieu, 2nd-year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design a magazine during the second semester.
Students were encouraged to explore their artistic freedom at all stages of creation, whether it be in terms of format, paper choice, binding, layout, illustrations, text, or typography.
In this course, the magazine can take shape through various forms of illustrations, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, etc. The focus is on the artist's vision and the methods used to bring it to life.
Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator, and architect, covering responsibilities such as art director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and editorial assistant.
This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a well-structured content sequence.
Transversal project (2023) with Anouk Schneider Agabekov, Chi-Long Trieu
The SDGs are to be achieved around the world, and by all UN member states, by 2030. This means that all states are called upon equally to play their part in finding shared solutions to the world's urgent challenges. Switzerland is also required to implement the Goals on a national basis. In addition, incentives are to be created to encourage non-governmental actors to make an increasingly active contribution to sustainable development.
Edition & documentary video
Adelphe is a project with the goal of representing gender equally in order to raise awareness about this still taboo subject.
The fanzine format, easily printable and distributable, allows easy access for anyone not directly concerned with gender issues. The video teaser allows a quick accessibility and digital visibility in order to present the subject of the fanzine.
By Julie Corday , Tania Praz , Charlotte Viglino
Edition & chrome extension
Based on a study conducted by Dr. Lea Stahel at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Zurich in 2020. The aim of the edition is to sensitize people and especially young people to the problem of hate on the Internet. Based on 8 points this study deciphers the phenomenon and its problems in Switzerland.
Rate Hate is a Chrome extension designed to combat hate and hate speech on the Internet. Thanks to this application you can evaluate the hate content of a website and modify its content accordingly. The goal of Rate Hate is to transform hate speech into a graphic visual in order to divert and criticize its content.
By Achille Masson , Camille Spiller , Raphaël Carruzzo
Edition & instagram
Essence consists of a series of magazines dealing with topics that interest families of natural products such as mushrooms, algae, fruit skins and many others that have the ability to become bio-materials. It is considered a natural, artistic and avant-garde magazine. It features recipes to make at home, articles, interviews, artworks, workshops and various photographic pages.
Website & edition
Hydro—Hegemony is an editorial project which examines the political aspect of water. It consists of showcasing water conflicts from 3000 BC right until the 21st century, demonstrating how water is the lifeblood of ecosystems; global environmental change, particularly climate change, and is further intensifying competition among rival uses and users, leading to conflicts and war.
Edition, animated poster & VR short film
Let it go or make it go exposes the conflicts of interest that oppose our desire to preserve the planet to our addiction to comfort. To act for the good of all or to protect our personal interests?
In the "privileged" context inherent to Switzerland, eco-anxiety soars and paradoxically, comfort gradually reaches its peak. Feelings oscillate between guilt, denial or justification of acts that contribute to the deterioration of our Earth, of the links that unite us or of our values.
Through interviews and surveys, the edition collects current concerns of subjects of various ages, for the great majority Swiss. They answer the questions: "What are you afraid to see disappear?" and "What comfort are you not ready to give up? Some systems of thought are developed in order to propose a varied panel of opinions. One of them is narrated by a voice-over and a succession of images in a poignant VR experience. Moving posters highlight various issues such as travel, overconsumption or importation.
Capturing a world in corrosion, the project is to be understood as the testimony of a concerned society.
By Marine Dang & Jamy Herrmann
Flyer / poster & website
Melting Points is composed of a series of leaflets with the objective to warn and to make a statement about the environmental situation of the glaciers in Switzerland. Rather than communicating the urgency of the situation, we decided to evoke the mass disappearance of certain glaciers, thus accentuating a process that is already underway and partly irreversible.
This printed dimension of the project serves as a bridge between an ephemeral physical object and a constantly evolving website. The latter is based on the analogy of the obituary, listing the disappeared, threatened and non-threatened glaciers while emphasizing the nostalgia and memory of these places.
By Martial Grin , Hugo Le Corre , Basil Pérot
Magazine & video
REUSE REPURPOSE RECYCLE has as main support a magazine that highlights and sensitizes its readers to the current problem of consumerism, through the promotion of a lifestyle based on second-hand consumption.
The book is aimed at a young and committed public and takes advantage of the current trend of thrifting. In this first issue, the basics of the issue are addressed and sets the tone for the issues to follow. The magazine is supported by a series of three teaser videos that invite the public to check out the book and pique their curiosity.
By Samara Krähenbühl , Nina Treichler , Mara Wohlfahrt
The coral rescue project, is a project that takes on issues concerning aquatic life. We decided to look at the extinction of corals, which has accelerated over the past decades. This journal describes 14 solutions to help save them, alone or with others.
Foldable, it features illustrations and QR codes to learn more about the cause. The edition is guided by an instagram page made up of GIFs, which helps us understand and reach out more.
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