Some of our long-term collaborations include campaigns for EPFL (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology), exhibition design for Grand Palais de Paris, editorial design for Espazium publishing, visual identity for Art Basel and corporate design for Zarattini Bank.
Emptiness, lightness and proportion are an intrinsic part of the studio’s visual language. Automatico safeguards the elegant and essential, believing that less can be more. The studio achieves beauty through a functional and honest approach. Geometric truths and mastery of swiss typography are employed to achieve a simple but poetic solution. The studio is always in the quest of the sublime.
Team
Demian Conrad, creative director (CH)
Marie-Louise von Aarburg, graphic designer (CH)
Maïssane Escur, graphic designer (FR)
Arnaud Chemin, type and graphic designer (FR)
Revisia, administration (CH)
Services
Strategy
— Brand Positioning
— Brand Architecture
— Naming
— Content Strategy
Identity
— Identity Design
— Design System
— Art Direction
— Type Design
— Books & Catalogs
— Campaign
Content
— Content Development
— Copywriting
— Photography
— Animation & Film
Space
— Signage Design
— Way Finding
— Exhibition Design
— Event Design
Books and writing
Demian Conrad is also the author and co-author of different books on design. Famous Ordinary Things, published by Dabook, a tribute to modest Swiss objets. Graphic Design in the Post-digital Age, published by Onomatopee, a survey of practices fuelled by creative coding. Who the Hell is Mr Müller Brockmann, a conversation on Swiss Style. Demian is currently working on a new book about simplicity.
Past Staff & Collaborators
Miles Böegli, Aladin Borioli, Edouard Cabrol, Maria de Gibert, Sarah-Lea Hipp, Jackie Jeanneret, Nicolas Jodry, Sylvain Meltz, Stefani Mihailovic-Gillet, Michala Kaalund Møballe, Jasmine Molano, Ilaria Moscufo, Katarzyna Nalband, Yann Ott, Elena Panetti, Dario Pianesi, Maude Rion, Katja Widelska, Laura Wohlgehaben, Maïra Zimmermann.
Awards
2nd Silver Cube, Art Directors Club Global
2017100 Beste Plakate 2016
2016Nominated at German Design Award
20131st Gold Prize European Design Awards
20121st Price, Swiss Post
2011100 Beste Plakate 2011
2010100 Beste Plakate 2009
20101st Price, Swiss Post
2009100 Beste Plakate 2008
Talks
Gestalter, Lehrer und Pädagoge, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW, Basel
2022Graphic Design in the Post-Digital, 121+ Corraini, Milano
2022Graphic Design in the Post-Digital, Geneva
2019Gutenberg, Bubble Jet et LCD, Geneva
2017Center for Future Publishing, Geneva
2014Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny, Valencia
2014Design Days, Renens
2014Design Terminál, Graphifest, Budapest
2014UN/Limited, Museum of fine Arts, Le Locle
2013Selected Europe, Indexbook, Bilbao