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I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

I’m very honored to have been given this beautiful award Jan Tschichold and an exhibition within the context of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Awards exhibition.

I am thrilled to show a new work: a wooden superstructure, projections and books.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday 22.6.25 at Helmhaus in Zürich.

Huge thanks to Nicole Udry and Sereina Rothenberger for all the great work.

@mostbeautifulswissbooks

Portrait foto developed and taken by the entire class, GRA, 2004 🧡 @rietveldgraphicdesign

Shelving system, spruce wood, 56 x 214 x 308 cm
Reused material

🪜⚒️🔩🪚

Shelving system, spruce wood, 56 x 214 x 308 cm
Reused material

🪜⚒️🔩🪚

Shelving system, spruce wood, 56 x 214 x 308 cm
Reused material

🪜⚒️🔩🪚

_buchgespräch
dienstag, 3. februar 2026
_vela arbutina CH, trägerin des jan-tschichold-preises 2025

im rahmen der

_ausstellung
»die schönsten bücher aus sieben nationen 2025/26* – österreich | deutschland | niederlande | schweiz | slowenien | tschechien und ukraine«
feat. ›junge arbeiten der graphischen und der NDU‹

ausstellungsdauer
17. dezember 2025 bis 21. februar 2026

öffnungszeiten
zu den öffnungszeiten der hauptbücherei

hauptbücherei wien
1070 wien, urban-loritz-platz 2a

eintritt frei

*gezeigt werden bücher, die 2024 veröffentlicht und 2025 prämiert wurden.

Vela Arbutinas Publikationen WIR SPIELEN; Kaspar Müller: Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015, The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014; Pilvi Takala. Close Watch sowie Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin wurden zwischen 2013 und 2024 zu den schönsten Schweizer Büchern gekürt. 2025 wurde sie mit dem Jan-Tschichold-Preis ausgezeichnet.

fotos: Vela Arbutina © Samara Keller
DaphneAhlers, Pilvi Takala, Schaetze der Erinnerung © Vela Arbutina

#dieschönstenbücherösterreichs #buechereienwien
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
@stiftungbuchkunst
@the.best.dutch.book.designs
@tschechischeszentrumwien
@buecher.at
@buechereien.wien
@skicawien

_buchgespräch
dienstag, 3. februar 2026
_vela arbutina CH, trägerin des jan-tschichold-preises 2025

im rahmen der

_ausstellung
»die schönsten bücher aus sieben nationen 2025/26* – österreich | deutschland | niederlande | schweiz | slowenien | tschechien und ukraine«
feat. ›junge arbeiten der graphischen und der NDU‹

ausstellungsdauer
17. dezember 2025 bis 21. februar 2026

öffnungszeiten
zu den öffnungszeiten der hauptbücherei

hauptbücherei wien
1070 wien, urban-loritz-platz 2a

eintritt frei

*gezeigt werden bücher, die 2024 veröffentlicht und 2025 prämiert wurden.

Vela Arbutinas Publikationen WIR SPIELEN; Kaspar Müller: Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015, The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014; Pilvi Takala. Close Watch sowie Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin wurden zwischen 2013 und 2024 zu den schönsten Schweizer Büchern gekürt. 2025 wurde sie mit dem Jan-Tschichold-Preis ausgezeichnet.

fotos: Vela Arbutina © Samara Keller
DaphneAhlers, Pilvi Takala, Schaetze der Erinnerung © Vela Arbutina

#dieschönstenbücherösterreichs #buechereienwien
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
@stiftungbuchkunst
@the.best.dutch.book.designs
@tschechischeszentrumwien
@buecher.at
@buechereien.wien
@skicawien

_buchgespräch
dienstag, 3. februar 2026
_vela arbutina CH, trägerin des jan-tschichold-preises 2025

im rahmen der

_ausstellung
»die schönsten bücher aus sieben nationen 2025/26* – österreich | deutschland | niederlande | schweiz | slowenien | tschechien und ukraine«
feat. ›junge arbeiten der graphischen und der NDU‹

ausstellungsdauer
17. dezember 2025 bis 21. februar 2026

öffnungszeiten
zu den öffnungszeiten der hauptbücherei

hauptbücherei wien
1070 wien, urban-loritz-platz 2a

eintritt frei

*gezeigt werden bücher, die 2024 veröffentlicht und 2025 prämiert wurden.

Vela Arbutinas Publikationen WIR SPIELEN; Kaspar Müller: Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015, The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014; Pilvi Takala. Close Watch sowie Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin wurden zwischen 2013 und 2024 zu den schönsten Schweizer Büchern gekürt. 2025 wurde sie mit dem Jan-Tschichold-Preis ausgezeichnet.

fotos: Vela Arbutina © Samara Keller
DaphneAhlers, Pilvi Takala, Schaetze der Erinnerung © Vela Arbutina

#dieschönstenbücherösterreichs #buechereienwien
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
@stiftungbuchkunst
@the.best.dutch.book.designs
@tschechischeszentrumwien
@buecher.at
@buechereien.wien
@skicawien

_buchgespräch
dienstag, 3. februar 2026
_vela arbutina CH, trägerin des jan-tschichold-preises 2025

im rahmen der

_ausstellung
»die schönsten bücher aus sieben nationen 2025/26* – österreich | deutschland | niederlande | schweiz | slowenien | tschechien und ukraine«
feat. ›junge arbeiten der graphischen und der NDU‹

ausstellungsdauer
17. dezember 2025 bis 21. februar 2026

öffnungszeiten
zu den öffnungszeiten der hauptbücherei

hauptbücherei wien
1070 wien, urban-loritz-platz 2a

eintritt frei

*gezeigt werden bücher, die 2024 veröffentlicht und 2025 prämiert wurden.

Vela Arbutinas Publikationen WIR SPIELEN; Kaspar Müller: Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015, The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014; Pilvi Takala. Close Watch sowie Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin wurden zwischen 2013 und 2024 zu den schönsten Schweizer Büchern gekürt. 2025 wurde sie mit dem Jan-Tschichold-Preis ausgezeichnet.

fotos: Vela Arbutina © Samara Keller
DaphneAhlers, Pilvi Takala, Schaetze der Erinnerung © Vela Arbutina

#dieschönstenbücherösterreichs #buechereienwien
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
@stiftungbuchkunst
@the.best.dutch.book.designs
@tschechischeszentrumwien
@buecher.at
@buechereien.wien
@skicawien

_buchgespräch
dienstag, 3. februar 2026
_vela arbutina CH, trägerin des jan-tschichold-preises 2025

im rahmen der

_ausstellung
»die schönsten bücher aus sieben nationen 2025/26* – österreich | deutschland | niederlande | schweiz | slowenien | tschechien und ukraine«
feat. ›junge arbeiten der graphischen und der NDU‹

ausstellungsdauer
17. dezember 2025 bis 21. februar 2026

öffnungszeiten
zu den öffnungszeiten der hauptbücherei

hauptbücherei wien
1070 wien, urban-loritz-platz 2a

eintritt frei

*gezeigt werden bücher, die 2024 veröffentlicht und 2025 prämiert wurden.

Vela Arbutinas Publikationen WIR SPIELEN; Kaspar Müller: Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015, The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014; Pilvi Takala. Close Watch sowie Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin wurden zwischen 2013 und 2024 zu den schönsten Schweizer Büchern gekürt. 2025 wurde sie mit dem Jan-Tschichold-Preis ausgezeichnet.

fotos: Vela Arbutina © Samara Keller
DaphneAhlers, Pilvi Takala, Schaetze der Erinnerung © Vela Arbutina

#dieschönstenbücherösterreichs #buechereienwien
@mostbeautifulswissbooks
@stiftungbuchkunst
@the.best.dutch.book.designs
@tschechischeszentrumwien
@buecher.at
@buechereien.wien
@skicawien

👁️‍🗨️ Buchvernissage am Samstag, 29. November, 16 Uhr @kunstmuseum_so 👁️‍🗨️ Wir freuen uns sehr auf die zweisprachige Publikation von Karin Borer @karrrinborer , die anlässlich ihrer Ausstellung „Miracle Reverse“ im Kunstmuseum Solothurn erscheint.
💥Gestaltet von Vela Arbutina @wlan__, Texte von @tuulalou, @rs_khereddine und @patricia_bieder und Übersetzungen von @re_domig. Druck @druckerei_odermatt_ag, Herausgeber @kunstvereinso
♥️ Herzlichen Dank an alle!

🎊🪩🎊 Wir feiern den Book-Launch am Samstag mit dem @kunstmuseum_so: Gleichzeitig zur Publikation von Karin Borer erscheint auch der Katalog von @francisco___sierra. Kurzführungen, 🎶🎶 von @yaniksoland und Apero. Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Vela Arbutina (CH) at REDO
October 3–5, 2025
Prihtina, Kosovo

Vela Arbutina works across disciplines on commissioned and self-initiated projects. She explores the representation of contents, images as materiality, and forms of display in her works. Content, processes, details, technical aspects, and production are equally important, and according to the projects, her working methods can be conceptual, editorial, and formal.

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. She has been an independent graphic designer for over twenty years and has worked in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Switzerland. She designs art books and identities for art institutions, was art director at the magazines Blend and Girls Like Us, and has collaborated with various artists and institutions, in particular Christina Li, Adam Szymczyk, the Cabaret Voltaire, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Ludlow 38, the nGbK Berlin, Tanya Leighton, and the Swiss Institute. Her publications WIR SPIELEN (WE PLAY), Schätze der Erinnerung 2014–2015. The Weather in Zürich 2013–2014, Pilvi Takala. Close Watch and Daphne Ahlers. Die Würflerin, were named Most Beautiful Swiss Books between 2013 and 2024. She is the winner of the Jan Tschichold Prize 2025.

Karin Borer
Miracle Reverse
21.9.2025 - 1.1.2026
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
In cooperation with Kunstverein Solothurn 
Opening Sat 20.9. from 17:00

Miracle Reverse is curated by Tuula Rasmussen @tuulalou and Patricia Bieder @patricia_bieder

Design by Vela Arbutina @wlan__

Big opening on 20.9. together with @francisco___sierra ' s show Alfombra🥂
With a DJ Set by @avia__x

@kunstmuseum_so
@kat_steffen
@kunstvereinso

Karin Borer
Miracle Reverse
21.9.2025 - 1.1.2026
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
In cooperation with Kunstverein Solothurn 
Opening Sat 20.9. from 17:00

Miracle Reverse is curated by Tuula Rasmussen @tuulalou and Patricia Bieder @patricia_bieder

Design by Vela Arbutina @wlan__

Big opening on 20.9. together with @francisco___sierra ' s show Alfombra🥂
With a DJ Set by @avia__x

@kunstmuseum_so
@kat_steffen
@kunstvereinso

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Weltformat plakat as part of the visual identity for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!» at Helmhaus Zürich.

Compiled statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

Weltformat plakat as part of the visual identity for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!» at Helmhaus Zürich.

Compiled statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

Weltformat plakat as part of the visual identity for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!» at Helmhaus Zürich.

Compiled statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

Weltformat plakat as part of the visual identity for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!» at Helmhaus Zürich.

Compiled statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

Weltformat plakat as part of the visual identity for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!» at Helmhaus Zürich.

Compiled statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich

Thrilled to share this new work for the institution Helmhaus Zürich, design and identity works for the exhibition «Wirtschaft mit Armut. Kunst ist Klasse!». Compiled and edited statistics on aspects in art and society, economy, poverty and class in Zurich and in Switzerland, shown on posters, exhibition leaflet, exhibition invite, cinema trailer, tram posters, social media, signage.

It’s been a fantastic collaboration with the entire team of Helmhaus.

Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler and Katalin Branner in collaboration with Cristina Conti and Medea Hoch.

Currently on, must see, don’t miss.

@helmhaus_zuerich