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Ruedi Baur

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Ruedi Baur has been placing his design work in the context of the public space since the 1980s. Working primordially as a graphic designer for numerous cultural institutions, he has also been teaching interdisciplinary courses in different schools since 1990s. He led the research institute Design2context in Zurich, then Civic city in Geneva. Programs like: Urban Spaces and Design, Orientation-disorientation, Visible-invisible, Civic design, Design and complexity…, present his attitude as designer, teacher and researcher.
As designer he intervenes on problems related to the identification, orientation, scenography and, in broader terms, the representation of institutions, urban spaces and political territories. Baur created the Intégral network in 1989 with its own studios: Intégral Ruedi Baur in Paris and Zurich. Today, he lectures and develops research programs – HEAD University of Geneva, ENSAD in Paris, University of Strasbourg. He recently designed the information concept for the 4 new lines of the Subway Paris, the wayfinding system of the New School in New York, the Cologne-Bonn and Vienna airports… but also social design projects for hospitals, prisons, memorials, and neighbourhoods.

Tags

Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Communication, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design

Talk w/ Ruedi Baur

Talk 02 / 19:00 — 20:30
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