Laurenz Brunner
Laurenz Brunner (CH) runs an independent design practice specializing in editorial and communication design, visual identities, and type design. The studio is currently situated in an old auto garage in Zurich (previously Amsterdam and Berlin). His work explores equilibriums between high and pop culture, concept and improvisation, art history and science fiction. Recent and ongoing projects include Schauspielhaus Zürich, Studio Barnhus, documenta 14, Spotify, Hamburger Bahnhof, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, The Most Beautiful Swiss Books, and Hauser & Wirth publishers.
In 2022 Brunner launched Source Type, a platform for typographic research and visual literacy. Through Source Type he has published Rapid (2022), Karl (2022), and Reform (2023). Additionally he is a member of the Swiss type foundry Lineto where he published Akkurat (2004), Circular (2014) and Bradford (2018).
Brunner previously taught graphic design at the Rietveld Academie and has been a guest critic at Yale School of Arts, US; Werkplaats Typografie, NL and ECAL, CH. He has twice received the Swiss Federal Design Award (2006, 2012), as well as several distinctions from The Most Beautiful Swiss Books, The Best Dutch Book Designs and The Best Books from all over the World.
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