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A graphic poster divided into a grid of four sections, each featuring a film still and bold typography. The top half reads “Swiss Film In the Shadow of Women”, while the bottom half reads “Arabian Nights You”.
A graphic poster divided into a grid of four sections, each featuring a film still and bold typography. The top half reads “Swiss Film In the Shadow of Women”, while the bottom half reads “Arabian Nights You”.

Studio Feixen celebrates its expansion with a swish Swiss redesign

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Date
22 November 2016

Swiss graphic design studio Studio Feixen has launched a dynamic new website showcasing the very best of its accomplished graphic design. As a studio it is open to new possibilities resulting in a breadth of work that is consistently stylish. “Whether it’s graphic design, interior design, fashion design, type design or animation – as long as it challenges us – we are interested,” the team says.

The fresh website displays the recent projects from the studio as well as amusing features that allow you to get to know the personalities behind the work. The redesign celebrates the expansion, as the studio founder Felix Pfäffli explains: “Since one year now I’m not working alone anymore. So we simply changed the name to Studio Feixen. We are now three guys; Felix Pfäffli, Raphael Leutenegger and Daniel Peter.” As part of the studios growth, the team has installed an “ask” feature, a forum that encourages the audience to ask the design team whatever they want. “We have a talk application, which keeps us busy at the moment.”

Out of a wealth of skilfully designed projects created over the past year, one in particular, an identity for Swissfilms, really caught our eye. Studio Feixen’s combination of typography and vibrant colour palette elegantly represents the character of each of the films depicted. “The design proposal we developed utilises film symbolism in a playful and adaptive manner; providing Swissfilms with a bolder, fresher and more creative image.” Utilising the stunningly shot selection of films from Swissfilms, the studio also created an interactive poster video which combines the identity with film footage.

The next step for Studio Feixen is to develop even further, amplifying its ability to use their creative design logic across a number of disciplines. “In about half a year (fingers crossed) we will go online with our second page. There we will publish our in-house projects. The first releases will be our studio font. A book. And our own clothing brand.”

A typographic poster for Swiss Films at Cannes. It features three film stills and bold, fragmented text that reads “Swiss Films in the shadow of women” and “Arabian Nights”.
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Studio Feixen: Swissfilms

Two open pages of a film catalogue. The left page features the film Youth, and the right page features Arabian Nights, both with bold black titles and a cinematic still. Each page includes production credits and a short plot summary.
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Studio Feixen: Swissfilms

A purple film poster for “In the Shadow of Women” by Philippe Garrel. A black-and-white cinematic still shows a person lying in bed, looking towards another figure.
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Studio Feixen: Swissfilms

A graphic poster split vertically into two sections. The left side features a person holding their head in a photo, with bold text reading “Amne Sia” and “In the Shadow of Women”. The right side shows a vertical row of people in swimwear posing against a ribbed wall, with the word “Youth” at the bottom.
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Studio Feixen: Swissfilms

A graphic poster featuring bold, organic shapes in red, purple and pink over a white background. Black text reads “Vlow! Festival im Zwischenraum Kommunikation Design Sound und Architektur” and “Besser Anfangen!”. Additional text lists the dates “28–29 Okt 2016” and the location “Festspielhaus Bregenz”.
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Studio Feixen: Vlow

A graphic design for a 2016 event. The left side features a purple pattern of intersecting lines and the word “Vlow!” repeated in various orientations. The right side contains black text on a white background, including the headline “Vlow!2016” and “Besser Anfangen!”.
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Studio Feixen: Vlow

Two pages of a printed programme for an event on “Fr 28. Okt”. The layout features columns of German text alongside small portrait photos of speakers, including Markus Hanzer, Boris Marte and Michael Rösch.
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Studio Feixen: Vlow

A two-page event programme for “Vlow!” featuring a schedule for Friday 28 October and Saturday 29 October. The left page shows a dark image of a crowd watching a red neon light installation.
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Studio Feixen: Vlow

A two-page spread of a red brochure featuring bold, sans-serif German text. The pages contain several short testimonials and the names of the contributors.

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Lucy Bourton

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Lucy (she/her) was part of the It’s Nice That team from 2016–2025, first joining as a staff writer after graduating from Chelsea College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design Communication, eventually becoming a senior editor on our editorial team, and most recently at Insights, a research-driven department with It’s Nice That.

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