The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is the leading museum for design and visual communication in Switzerland. The exhibition programme covers a broad spectrum of themes and monographic positions from the fields of industrial and product design, graphics, typography, photography, posters, film, furniture, fashion, jewellery, arts and crafts, architecture and scenography. With its educational programme, the museum offers visitors the opportunity to delve deeper into design. The collections on design, graphics, applied arts and posters comprise over 500,000 objects and are among the most important of their kind internationally.
From the classroom to the collection – Focus: Design education
This time, the newly curated forum presents two exciting projects straight from design education: ‘Healing Light’ (BA Art Education, ZHdK) and the book ...
12.11.2026
18:30
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Poster Hand-made
In this workshop, posters are created entirely by hand. Images are cut using scissors or a knife and arranged into collages. Colours are applied using a ...
14.11.2026
14:00
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Avant-garde – Graphic design on the cusp of change
Join the guided tour and find out more about the works on display.
Between the world wars, graphic design underwent a radical transformation: ...
15.11.2026
11:00
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Exhibition: ‘Avant-garde – Graphic Design on the Cusp’ (DSGS)
Between the world wars, graphic design underwent a radical transformation: Constructivism, New Typography and photography defined the visual language of ...
15.11.2026
11:00
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Stories Stories Stories
On a guided tour with Christoph Hefti, amidst the carpets and curtains, fantastical textile worlds come to life, filled with whimsical creatures, ...
19.11.2026
18:30
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
A conversation with the sketchbook
In this workshop, Christoph Hefti demonstrates how ideas emerge from sketches. Participants intuitively translate everyday observations into drawings – in ...
