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Ruedi Baur | Architectural and Urban Inscriptions
November 21, 2013 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$5 – $20
Architectural and Urban Inscriptions
Between Wayfinding, Visual Language and Scenography
Ruedi Baur
Thursday, November 21, 6:30 to 8:30
Starting with our wayfinding project for The New School in New York to the more modest Parsons School in Paris, Ruedi Baur will present his approach to the question of orientation and identification of public institutions. He will present his thoughts about information design in a society dominated by commercial signs. He will discuss, based on examples, the necessary synergy between designers, architects, landscape architects, and lighting designers to create a city which brings quality of life to everyone beyond the functionality.
About Ruedi Baur
RUEDI BAUR, DESIGNER, BORN IN 1956 in Paris, spent his childhood in France, then trained as a graphic designer with Michael Baviera in Switzerland, obtaining his diploma in graphic design in 1979 at the Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. Having created the Bbv studio in Lyon in 1983, in 1989 he cofounded the interdisciplinary network Intégral Concept and has since directed the Intégral Ruedi Baur studios in Paris, Zurich, and Berlin. He has taught on a regular basis since 1987.
Intégral Ruedi Baur has designed signage and identity systems for the Vienna Airport; Cologne-Bonn Airport; Pompidou Center, Paris; Rodin Museum, Paris; Metz, France; and the National Monuments Center along with numerous French and European cultural and civic institutions.
His studio’s work can be seen on: http://www.irb-paris.eu and http://new.ruedi-baur.eu
He also teaches at the École des arts décoratifs in Paris, as well as regularly in China at the Luxun Academy in Shenjang and the Central Academy of Arts (Cafa) in Beijing, and at the Percé international school, linked with the University of Laval in Quebec, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2007. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (Agi) since 1992, he participates in many workshops and judging panels, gives regular lectures, and his works are published in various countries and presented at various exhibitions.
