CINÉMATHÈQUE SUISSE
Compelling story of a film archive
Focus
Branding, Editorial Design, Poster Design, Web Design, Environmental
Website
live.cinematheque.ch
Following the successful visual identity initiated by Jannuzzi Smith, I designed pieces of collateral material such as an XML design system for a bi-monthly booklet and the new Swiss cinema archive signage. The identity is now living and growing autonomously.
Posters
Bi-monthly publication compiled in XML
Calendar based website
Signage for the archive in Penthaz
The Cinémathèque Suisse’s complex in Penthaz—expanded and designed by EM2N architects—consists of atmospheric and underground storage areas encased by a shell of rusting steel.
Agency
Jannuzzi Smith
Images
Isabelle Huppert in “La Dentellière”, Claude Goretta, 2002. Cinémathèque Suisse, EM2N Architects, Roger Frei
The Swiss Film Archive is a non-commercial foundation collecting, protecting, studying and presenting film archives based in Lausanne. It is recognised as the 6th film library in the world, collecting all media defined as ‘Helvetic’ in the cinematographic and audiovisual fields.