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studio marcus kraft is an award-winning design company based in zurich, switzerland. it creates custom-made projects for national and international clients. an emphasis is on elaborate design concepts, editorial projects and typographical quality. multi disciplinary ventures are realised with photographers, architects, artists, etc., from a reliable network. studio marcus kraft’s work has been internationally exhibited and published.
personal data
the dutch newspaper ‹de volkskrant› called him the ‹bad boy of swiss graphic design›:
marcus kraft is an art director, designer, typographer and curator — educated in switzerland, germany and usa. in 2012, his international bestseller don’t eat the yellow snow got published. marcus kraft is also the founder and curator of the public art space tableau zurich, and a partner at soeder.










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references
breitling
brand affairs
bucher
burgtheater wien
daros latinamerica
dottikon
freitag
funky soul food
gta verlag
guess gc watches
kinki magazine
kurz
metadesign
migrosbank
museum für gestaltung
nespresso
on running
raffinerie ag für gestaltung
raiffeisen
rené schudel
rieter
rotpunkt apotheken
schauspielhaus zürich
sigg
soeder
srf swiss radio and television
stapferhaus lenzburg
stroh. druck und medien
studio achermann
studio gessaga
swiss international airlines
swiss life
wwf switzerland
xenix
zurich tourism
zürcher theater spektakel
and many more ...
expertise
art direction
books
branding
catalogues
concept
corporate design
graphic design
editorials
exhibitions
identities
illustration
information graphic
layout
leaflets
lettering
logos
magazines
packaging
posters
production supervision
signage
typography
web design
etc.
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awards
2019
essence: best of swiss graphic design, gold award
swiss poster award, silver award
type directors club tokyo, excellent work
2018
art directors club switzerland,
bronze
award
best of swiss web,
bronze award
type directors club new york, certificate of typographic excellence
type directors club tokyo, excellent work
2016
art directors club europe,
nomination
german design award,
nomination
2015
best of corporate publishing, gold award
art directors club switzerland,
silver
award
type directors club new york, certificate of typographic excellence
type directors club tokyo, nomination
essence: best of swiss graphic design, silver award
2014
art directors club switzerland,
gold award
art directors club europe,
nomination
2013
swiss federal design awards, nomination (with raffinerie)
2011
design preis schweiz, nomination (with raffinerie)
2009
art directors club switzerland, bronze award
(with studio achermann)
2008
design network switzerland, nomination for the dns award
2007
art directors club germany,
awarded at the newcomer competition
red dot design award, awarded in communtication design
:output 10, awarded at the international newcomer competition
2006
international poster and graphic arts festival, chaumont, france, shortlisted for the students award
exhibitions
2019
solo exhibition, fresha theatre festival, durban, south africa
2017
solo exhibition, colette, paris, france
2015
solo exhibition, money for nothing, zurich & winterthur, switzerland
they printed it!, kunsthalle zürich, switzerland
2014
grafik14, maag event hall, zürich, switzerland
2013
grafik13, maag event hall, zürich, switzerland
orell füssli kramhof & waldraud concept store, zürich, switzerland
2012
jungkunst, halle 52, winterthur, switzerland
solo exhibition, sinka & weiss,
(in the context of art and the city), zürich, switzerland
grafik12, maag event hall, zürich, switzerland
2011
starkart art exhibitions, zürich, switzerland
young at art, gallery art seefeld, zürich, switzerland
2010
opening exhibition, between gallery, london, uk
2009
we love magazines library, omotesando hills, tokyo, japan
stereo-type, gallery factory, seoul, korea
2008
cervelatica: zürich contemporary scene, chaumont, france
adc awards show, premium hallen, berlin, germany
2007
red dot design museum,
essen, germany
2006
degree show, hochschule für
gestaltung und kunst, basel, switzerland
international poster and graphic arts festival, chaumont, france
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publications
2017
don’t talk just kiss, bis publishers, netherlands
2015
money for nothing, hakuin verlag, switzerland
swiss star, grafik magazine, england
2014
kino xenix plakate: 1981–2013, switzerland
2013
get off the internet, bis publishers, netherlands
2012
don’t eat the yellow snow, bis publishers, netherlands
slanted magazine: slab serif, germany
étapes: design & culture visuelle, france
black & white: new monochrome graphics, victionary, hong kong
novum: world of graphic design, germany
page magazine, germany
2010
turning pages: editorial design for print media, gestalten verlag
idn magazine: international designers network, hong kong
2009
regular: graphic design today, gestalten verlag, germany
2008
chaumont: festival international de l’affiche et du graphisme 2008, exhibition catalogue, france
sushi 10, art directors club germany
2007
red dot communication design yearbook 07/08
output 10, international yearbook
lectures, workshops, etc.
2016
jury member, essence award: best of swiss graphic design, sgv, switzerland
2011
workshop theater posters,
university of applied sciences, munich, germany
2010
lecture,hochschule für gestaltung und kunst, basel, switzerland (with raffinerie)
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