News/Events

The Financial Times on PLACART, May 13, 2023 It’s always a pleasure—and a source of validation—to attract the attention of independent editorial teams. Many thanks this time to the Financial Times. Click here to read the online article about the high regard...

The Evolution of the Swiss Product Poster December 13, 2020 Well, it’s done: Eleven months ago, the first meeting took place; now it’s been printed and sent to the clients of a Swiss financial services provider—‘Made in Switzerland,« a little book reviewing the...

Martin Suter at PLACART, December 4, 2019. There are a few bestselling novelists who started out as copywriters—but there is only one who also wrote ads for Swissair. So I was all the more delighted that Martin Suter gladly accepted the invitation to speak at the event...

PLACART at the Embassy, November 19, 2019 What an experience: I had the pleasure of giving a short talk at the residence of the Swiss ambassador in Singapore about the crucial importance of Le Corbusier’s artistic oeuvre for his built work, as well as about his more than...

Kurt Wirth’s Seminal Work for Swissair October 18, 2019 As part of the exhibition “SKY SOCIETY – Original Vintage Swissair Posters,” graphic artist Moreno Tuttobene will pay tribute in his presentation (in German) on October 24 to Kurt Wirth (1917–1996), who designed several...

SKY SOCIETY – Exhibition of Original Swissair Posters October 2, 2019 The works featured in the Le Corbusier exhibition, which runs through July 13, (see the invitation) bear witness to Le Corbusier’s creative energy spanning more than sixty years—which means they...