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Swiss designers

29 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alex DiggelmannDesigner · Modern designAlex Walter Diggelmann (20 August 1902 – 21 November 1987) was a Swiss graphic artist and book designer best known for his sports posters. Diggelmann won three medals in the Olympic Games.
Arnold BöcklinArtist · SculptureArnold Böcklin (ˈaʁnɔlt ˈbœklin; 16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late Romantic composers.
Augusto GiacomettiDesigner · Modern designAugusto Giacometti (16 August 1877 – 9 June 1947) was a Swiss painter from Stampa, Grisons, cousin of Giovanni Giacometti who was the father of Alberto, Diego and Bruno Giacometti.
Blaise CendrarsDesigner · Modern designFrédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars (lang), was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916.
Carlo FontanaArtist · SculptureCarlo Fontana (1634/1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino.
Carlos SchwabeDesigner · Modern designCarlos Schwabe (born Émile Martin Charles Schwabe; 21 July 1866 – 22 January 1926) was a Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker.
Dieter RothDesigner · Modern designDieter Roth (April 21, 1930 – June 5, 1998) was a Swiss artist known for his artist's books, editioned prints, sculptures, and works made of found materials, including rotting food stuffs.
Eugen GomringerDesigner · Modern designEugen Gomringer (20 January 1925 – 21 August 2025) was a Bolivian-born Swiss concrete poet. He was head of the Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie (IKKP) in Rehau, Germany.
Germaine RichierDesigner · Modern designGermaine Richier (16 September 1902 – 21 July 1959) was a French sculptor.
Gunta StölzlDesigner · Modern designGunta Stölzl (5 March 1897 – 22 April 1983) was a German textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school's weaving workshop, where she created enormous…
H. R. GigerIllustrator · IllustrationHans Ruedi Giger (lang; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as…
Hermann ObristDesigner · Modern designHermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany) was a Swiss sculptor of the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau movement.
Ini ArchibongDesigner · Modern designInimfon "Ini" Joshua Archibong (born 1983) is an American-born Nigerian artist and designer.
Jan TschicholdDesigner · Modern designJan Tschichold (born Johannes Tzschichhold; (2 April 1902 – 11 August 1974), also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer.
Jean TinguelyArtist · SculptureJean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into…
Joseph Heintz the ElderDesigner · Modern designJoseph Heintz (or Heinz) the Elder (11 June 1564 – 15 October 1609) was a Swiss painter, draftsman and architect.
Jost AmmanEngraver · PrintsJost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.
Le CorbusierArtist · PaintingsCharles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of…
Mario BottaDesigner · Modern designMario Botta (born 1 April 1943) is a Swiss architect. At age fifteen, Botta dropped out of secondary school and apprenticed with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano.
Markus RaetzDesigner · Modern designMarkus Raetz (6 June 1941 – 14 April 2020) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
Max BillArtist · SculptureMax Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer, and graphic designer.
Rainer KüschallDesigner · Modern designRainer Küschall (born 17 April 1947 in Flims, Switzerland) is a Swiss tetraplegic, car racer, inventor and designer.
Sabine GettyDesigner · Modern designSabine Getty (Ghanem; born August 14, 1984) is a British-Lebanese creative director, jewelry designer and executive film producer The Voice of Hind Rajab.
Savitri KhanolkarDesigner · Modern designSavitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, 20 July 1913 – 26 November 1990) was a Swiss-Indian designer, best known for designing the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest…
Sophie Taeuber-ArpIllustrator · IllustrationSophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (19 January 1889 – 14 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.
Théophile SteinlenArtist · SculptureThéophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.
Walter ZappDesigner · Modern designWalter Zapp (Latvian: Valters Caps; 4 September [O.S. 22 August] 1905 – 17 July 2003) was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera.

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