Introduces the winners of the 2023 Swiss Grand Award for Design.

Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture has awarded the 2023 Swiss Grand Award for Design to Etienne Delessert, Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, and Chantal Prod’Hom. Swiss Grand Award for Design 2023 introduces each of them through a concise text and an interview, as well as a brief biography, illustrated with images from their archives.

Etienne Delessert, born in Lausanne in 1941 and based in Lakeville, Connecticut, made his name as a graphic designer and illustrator in Paris and New York with advertising campaigns and posters, and later with illustrations, animated films, and paintings. Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, born in Basel in 1936, worked as a designer and design consultant for major brands such as Cassina, Artemide, and De Sede, and designed the DS-600 modular sofa of 1972 in collaboration with Ueli Berger, Heinz Ulrich, and Klaus Vogt. Chantal Prod’Hom, also born in Lausanne in 1957, founded the Asher Edelman Foundation in the 1990s. Between 2000 and 2022, she directed her native city’s Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains (mudac).