Swiss Stories

SwissCovid App

SwissCovid Keeps Your Secrets

Science & Education
A conversation with Carmela Troncoso, who designed Swisscovid together with a team of Swiss and European experts.
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships the recipe for Swiss success

Economics
In Switzerland, vocational education and training (VET) is highly valued and allows young people to learn a trade by combining classroom study with in-company work. More and more countries are taking an interest in this model, which is an effective tool for combating unemployment.
© ETH Zürich / Nicola Pitaro

Technology that moves you

Society
Getting up off the sofa, climbing stairs, slicing bread or changing a light bulb: everyday tasks like these can be a real obstacle for people with disabilities. Assistive technologies are there to help with such day-to-day challenges, but that's not all. Some people are even taking it to championship level – like the ETH Zurich international 'cybathlon', a rather unique competition.
Josef Müller-Brockmann studio, Schindler Speedwalk Rollteppich (Schindler Speedwalk moving walkway), advertising brochure, ca. 1962, Schindler & Cie. lift and electric motor factory, Ebikon, © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Graphics collection / ZHdK / ProLitteris

Swiss Style forever – the story of a graphic design tradition

History
Conceptual strength, concision and technical precision: these are the hallmarks of Swiss graphic design and typography, which enjoy an excellent reputation around the world. They are the result of a long tradition of vocational education and training and professional excellence. Under the 'Swiss Style' label, Swiss graphic design gained international recognition in the 1950s and 1960s and became a highly successful export product. Read on to learn about the origins of Swiss Style – and why it never goes out of style.

by Barbara Junod, curator of the graphics collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

James Bond aka 007 on his quest to hunt down Goldfinger in his Aston Martin DB5 in Switzerland.

The Spiez laboratory

Science & Education
4 March 2018 – A man and woman are found unconscious in Salisbury, England. After a while it becomes clear who they are: Sergei Viktorovich Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The world's press gets its hands on a story worthy of James Bond. And the Spiez lab gets a job... But what is this laboratory exactly?
Dal Ticino a Madrid: l’opera “Offset” dei Nevercrew è stata realizzata in occasione della Urvanity 2020 Art Fair. © Nevercrew

Walking tour of Madrid in search of Swiss-Italian art and architecture

Society

It sometimes happens that you visit a city for the first time and immediately feel at home.
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Beijing Paralympic Games: Swiss athletes eye the highest heights

Society
Like Theo Gmür, three-time gold medallist four years ago in Pyeongchang, several Swiss champions could well win medals at the Beijing Paralympic Games, which start on 4 March 2022.

by Bertrand Monnard