After completing his training as a graphic designer in Switzerland (diploma) and studying illustration and book design at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, he established a successful design practice.
As a designer and art director, he works with film producers, concert organizers, museums, theaters, publishers, as well as in corporate and institutional image branding. He combines unconventional ideas with the practical Swiss tradition. In addition, he is dedicated to teaching and serves as a lecturer and expert in visual communication at art schools both nationally and internationally. Since 2008, he has been a guest professor at Nanjing University of the Arts, China. He is also actively involved worldwide as a speaker and jury member.
His work focuses on conveying the content and visualizing a message. To achieve this, he selects the most appropriate technique for interpreting the subject matter: typography, drawing, painting, or photography.
In projects involving other contributors to the design process, their names are listed in the imprint. All works displayed on this website have been exclusively created by Stephan Bundi, from the initial sketch to the final print preparation.
Optimal solutions are possible when thinking, designing, conceptualizing, crafting, and continuous reflection are undertaken as a developmental process by one individual.
His work has been presented and documented in numerous publications and design collections worldwide.
As with many dedicated designers, retirement is unthinkable for him. Upon reaching the age of 65, he decided to return to working as a solo practitioner, as he originally did, without polygraphists. To avoid leaving them unemployed, he founded another joint-stock company (AG) and, after three years, transferred about two-thirds of his design assignments free of charge to a long-standing employee.
Memberships:
Alliance Graphique Internationale AGI
Swiss Graphic Designers Association SGV
Swiss Werkbund SWB
The Art Directors Club New York (until 2015)
Visarte Professional Association of Visual Arts Switzerland (until 2015)
Other professional activities
1975
Start of independent work (Atelier Bundi).
1980–2015
Teaching assignments (Graphic Design) at several schools of design, starting in 1999 at the newly founded Bern University of the Arts. Examination and diploma expert in Switzerland and abroad.
1983
Founding member of the Swiss Graphic Designers Association (SGV) and elected to the board.
2008
Appointment as a visiting professor at the Arts University in Nanjing, China.
2006–2009
Member of the international board of the AGI (International Executive Committee).
2010–2013
President of the “100 Best Posters” (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
2010–2016
President of AGI Switzerland.
2015
Organization, sponsorship, and design of the poster exhibition “Coexistence.” 140 AGI designers from around the world created posters that were exhibited in the public space of the bilingual city of Biel (Switzerland).
Links:
Wikipedia Bundi
Alliance Graphique Internationale AGI
Schweizer Grafiker Verband SGV
instagram.com/stephanbundi/