Yvan Hostettler
Calligrapher, printer
Genève

« Calligraphy allows you to recharge your batteries like yoga: position, breathing and concentration are things so simple that you would almost have forgotten them. »

About

After an apprenticeship as a driver-typographer, Yvan Hostettler turned to graphic design, typography and then calligraphy, for which he trained in California. A member of the Swiss calligraphy society, he offers, among other things, workshops to discover the Latin letter from Roman times to the present day, passing through the Middle Ages.

« Typography, like the piano in music, is the best basis for composing a profession in communication. »

Alongside the calligraphy courses and summer internships that Yvan Hostettler gives to the Martin Bodmer Foundation, he carries out numerous collaborations, in particular with the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva. Self-taught with many facets, this designer and writer also offers, as part of his Green Plan association, workshops with a printing press dating from the 19th century.

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Diplomas

1978 Certificate of driver-typographer, Imprimerie de Versoix, Geneva

Distinction

2002 Mention at the sustainable development prize of the canton of Geneva, State of Geneva

Paticipation ACD

JEMA 2024 Geneva
JEMA 2022 Geneva


Canton

Genève


Arts Crafts

Calligraphers


Domain

Applied arts professions


Other

Accessible by public transport

Car park nearby

Gives lessons for adults

Give lessons for children


Address

Chemin des Ouches 2
1203 Genève

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Yvan Hostettler
Calligrapher, printer
Genève

About

« Calligraphy allows you to recharge your batteries like yoga: position, breathing and concentration are things so simple that you would almost have forgotten them. »

After an apprenticeship as a driver-typographer, Yvan Hostettler turned to graphic design, typography and then calligraphy, for which he trained in California. A member of the Swiss calligraphy society, he offers, among other things, workshops to discover the Latin letter from Roman times to the present day, passing through the Middle Ages.

« Typography, like the piano in music, is the best basis for composing a profession in communication. »

Alongside the calligraphy courses and summer internships that Yvan Hostettler gives to the Martin Bodmer Foundation, he carries out numerous collaborations, in particular with the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva. Self-taught with many facets, this designer and writer also offers, as part of his Green Plan association, workshops with a printing press dating from the 19th century.

Plus

Diplomas

1978 Certificate of driver-typographer, Imprimerie de Versoix, Geneva

Distinction

2002 Mention at the sustainable development prize of the canton of Geneva, State of Geneva

Paticipation ACD

JEMA 2024 Geneva
JEMA 2022 Geneva


Canton

Genève


Arts Crafts

Calligraphers


Domain

Applied arts professions


Other

Accessible by public transport

Car park nearby

Gives lessons for adults

Give lessons for children


Address

Chemin des Ouches 2
1203 Genève

Visit the site
See on the map
See the route


Share


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Pavillon Sicli, Route des Acacias 45, 1227 Les Acacias
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