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SWISS STYLE

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October 2025

Switzerland isn't only known for its sublime landscapes, chocolate and timepieces. We cast our sartorial lens on Swiss Style—a Fifties graphic design movement that proves that less really is more

- By Madeleine Mak. Photography by Noémi Ottilia Szabo. Styling by Celine Sheridan

SWISS STYLE

Every glance at an iPhone interface is a reminder of the enduring influence of International Typographic Style, better known as Swiss Style— a graphic design movement born in Fifties Switzerland.

Conceived with clarity and universal communication in mind, it is a visual language stripped of decorative excess.

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