Bruno Monguzzi (born 1941) is a
Swiss graphic designer.
Monguzzi was born in
Mendrisio
Mendrisio (; lmo, label= Ticinese, Mendris ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (U ...
,
Switzerland in 1941. He later moved to Geneva with his family and attended the Graphic Design Course at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs.
In 1960 he travelled to London and attended
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt-psychology, gestaltism, or configurationism is a school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward ...
, typography and photography courses at
Saint Martin's School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of ...
and the London College of Printing (now the
London College of Communication
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts. It has approximately ...
).
After working with Dennis Bailey in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
moved to
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
in 1961 to join the Studio Boggeri – at the time the leading design and advertising agency in
Italy
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.
In 1965 he was called to join the Charles Gagnon and James Volkus office in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
, to design nine pavilions for
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...
.
From the early-seventies he worked independently from his atelier in
Meride, a secluded village in the South of
Switzerland.
He received the Premio Bodoni in 1971, the Gold Medal from the
New York Art Directors Club in 1990, the Yusaku Kamekura Award and the gold medal at the
Toyama Biennial in 2000.
In 2003 he was awarded the distinction Honorary
Royal Designer for Industry
Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. It is awarded to people who have achieved "sustaine ...
(by the
Royal Society of Arts, London).
Amongst his most significant projects: the visual identity of the
Musée d'Orsay in Paris (no longer in use), the exhibition "Majakowskij Mejerchold Stanislavskij" at
Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and the posters for Museo Cantonale d‘Arte in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
(1987-2004).
Sources
* Lo Studio Boggeri 1933-1981 (Electa)
* Bruno Monguzzi: A Designers's Perspectives (University of Maryland, )
*
Eye Magazine, Issue 1, Title of article: ''Reputations: Bruno Monguzzi'' by Valentina Boffa
Bruno Monguzzi on the AGI website(
Alliance Graphique Internationale
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)
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Swiss graphic designers
Living people
1941 births
Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
People from Mendrisio