About
Simone is a designer and artist based in Zurich Switzerland. She designs and redesigns, conceives and shapes among others for the Guggenheim Museum in New York, ETH Zurich, Art Basel, Pantone, Adidas, UBS Formula 1 Sponsorship and many more.
With her passion for drawing on everything for inspiration, Simone’s work has naturally extended into products, ceramics, interior design, fabrics and art.
Before opening her own design studio in 2015, Simone graduated from Zurich University of the Arts with a Bachelor in Visual Communication and worked for four years as a designer and art director in agencies in Zurich and New York. She has deepened her design skills with training in UX-Design (User Experience Design) and has also studied Yoga, Philosophy and Analytical Psychology (Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS).
Teachings, Interviews & Awards
- Jury member Swiss Annual Report Rating
- Lecture and guest critique at University of Applied Sciences, HTW Berlin
- Talk and presentation at Forward Festival Zurich, Festival for Design and Communication
- Conversation Series «Ladies, Wine and a bit of Design – Zurich»
- Teaching at GDK – School for Graphic, Design and Communication in Zurich
- Member Art Directors Club Global
- Interview Tages Anzeiger
- Lecturer at Zurich University of Art
- Podiums-Discussion «Gender Salon», Zurich University of Art
- Award The Most Beautiful Swiss Books
- Medienfrauen Schweiz
- Red Dot Design Award
- Interview gender stereotypes design
- Interview Swiss Design and Culture Magazine
- Interview Appenzeller Zeitung
- 9 contemporary Swiss graphic designers you need to know
- Interview Women of Graphic Design
- Interview Transhelvetica Magazine
- Interview Cultural Approaches in Modern Graphic Design Magazine
- Studio portrait Form Magazine
Services
Concept / Branding / Editorial Design / Packaging Design / Special Editions / Digital / Web-Design / Interior Design Directions / Workshops
Selected Clients
Adidas / Annabelle / Art Competence Center, UBS Art Basel / Delikatessenmanufaktur Globus / EPFL Lausanne / ETH Zürich / F1 Sponsoring UBS / Genovas – Fine Food and Beverage / Gebert-Stiftung für Kultur / Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative / Hotel The Yard / Migros-Medien MGB / Sonic Service Music / Tamedia / The Brasilea Foundation / UBS Kulturstiftung / Zurich University of the Arts and many more
Thank you all!
Adress
Simone Züger Design Studio
Gasometerstrasse 36, 8005 Zürich
+41 79 726 00 75
studio@simonezueger.ch
Credits
Web development: Avant la lettre
Portrait photography: Jonas Weibel
© Simone Züger Design Studio 2018