Swissted: Punk Flyers Reimagined as Swiss Modernist Posters
The Swissted project, created by Mike Joyce, reinterprets vintage concert flyers from the punk and new wave eras into Swiss modernist-style posters. These works follow specific design principles: they utilize lowercase Berthold Akzidenz-Grotesk medium typeface, incorporate only two flat colors, and avoid any embellishments. Spanning shows from 1970 to 1997, the collection includes over 300 prints representing genres such as punk, post-punk, hardcore, new wave, and hip-hop. In 2015, six of these posters were featured in a Swiss Style exhibition at the Museum of Design Zürich, the birthplace of this design movement. The collection is permanently housed at V&A, MoMA Chicago, and Poster House in New York, with each poster printed on archival Epson enhanced matte stock.
Key facts
- Mike Joyce created Swissted, turning punk flyers into Swiss modernist posters.
- Design rules: lowercase Berthold Akzidenz-Grotesk medium, two colors, no decoration.
- Over 300 prints span 1970 to 1997 across multiple music genres.
- Six posters were exhibited at the Museum of Design Zürich in 2015.
- Collection held at V&A, MoMA Chicago, and Poster House in New York.
- Posters are archival Epson prints on enhanced matte stock.
Entities
Artists
- Mike Joyce
Institutions
- Museum of Design Zürich
- V&A
- MoMA Chicago
- Poster House
Locations
- Zürich
- Switzerland
- New York
- United States
- Chicago