PUBLICATION OUT! ZHDK& BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ARTS "THE NEXT SCHOOL" / by MATTHIAS BUENZLI

After approximately three years, several lockdowns here and there because of the worldwide pandemic we finally printed our Publication “The next School”, designed by Jonas Voegeli and Claudio Gasser. I am very proud of the result and as well that many students were able to travel to Israel for the first time and came back with very intensive impressions.

„The Next School - Studytrip to the Holy Land“

In collaboration with the Design Department of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, the Visual Communication Department of the ZHdK organised the workshop “The Next School” —  a format to promote cultural exchange between students of the participating universities and a broad public — both in Zurich and in Jerusalem in autum 2019. In the international workshops, accompanied by lecturers from the ZHdK and external Swiss designers, the students of the fourth year of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and the third semester of the ZHdK jointly developed a visuals commentary on key titles around  the vocable NEXT in within four days, which culminated in a  final exhibition in Jerusalem and this subsequently developed printed product.