Promoting Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Abroad: The Case of Paris in the 1960s

Constance Delamadeleine is a PhD candidate at the Zurich University of the Arts and the University of Lausanne. She is also a research associate at HEAD – Genève (Geneva school of Art and Design) and co-founder of the Geneva-based design studio Futur Neue. She holds a BA in visual communication from HEAD-Genève (Geneva school of Art and Design) and a MA in Art History from the Geneva University. She contributed to the SNSF-Sinergia research project “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited” (2016–2020) as a doctoral student. Her PhD dissertation Between Paris and Switzerland: shaping the label “Swiss graphic design and typography” through national and international dynamics, 1945-1970 traces the transnational networks involved in the construction, dissemination and promotion of Swiss graphic design and typography.