Summer University in Veneto – 2024

Summer University in Veneto – 2024

In September 2024, 3rd year students explored the rich heritage of Italy's Veneto region, an area at the crossroads of artistic, cultural and industrial history. The trip gave the students an invaluable opportunity to immerse themselves between tradition and innovation, and to experience different facets of design and publishing through enriching encounters.

 

Other (2025) with Angelo Benedetto, Guy Meldem, Harry Bloch

Assistants
Morgane Cachin
Students
Candice Aepli, Léa Corin, Matteo Cortesi, Mathilde Driebold, Delphine Brantschen, Emilie Müller, Constance Mauler, Flora Hayoz, Lidia Molina González, Amélie Bertholet, Coraline Beyeler, Eliot Dubi, Dorian Pangallo, Paul Paturel, Hugo Scholl, Diego Steiner, Cyprien Valenza, Marc Facchinetti, Alfredo Venti
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Verona

In Verona, a visit to the Fedrigoni paper mill, which specialises in the creation of top-of-the-range paper, gave them an insight into the manufacturing process and enabled them to design a collaborative project based on paper samples. The students also had the opportunity to explore the precious collection of manuscripts in the Biblioteca del Capitolare, a unique witness to the history of the written word.

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Treviso

On the way to Venice, a stop at Carlo Scarpa's Brion Tomb gave us an insight into the architecture of this funerary monument. In Treviso, a meeting with former student Federico Barbon led to a fascinating discussion on book design.

Venice

In Venice, they discovered the Art Biennale, exploring the exhibitions at the Arsenale and the Giardini. At the same time, a meeting with Benjamin Reichen from the Åbäke collective enabled them to find out more about his involvement in a screen-printing workshop dedicated to the rehabilitation of prisoners. A visit to the Grafiche Veneziane printing works rounded off this immersion in contemporary publishing.

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