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The UPLOAD Biennial is a meeting space dedicated to showcasing contemporary graphic design. Organized by the Municipality of Plan-les-Ouates in collaboration with the Visual Communication Department of HEAD - Geneva, this new cultural event in French-speaking Switzerland affirms a shared desire to support local creativity and anchor graphic design culture in the region.
For its first edition, from October 4 to November 7, 2025, UPLOAD is celebrating graphic design in French-speaking Switzerland. Through conferences, workshops, and an exhibition featuring some thirty projects from French-speaking Switzerland, the Biennial offers a panorama of contemporary graphic design. Six categories provide insight into this thriving creative sector, at the intersection of print culture and digital practices: cultural identity, publishing, font design, signage/scenography, branding, and cross-disciplinary projects. The Biennale is aimed at both professionals in the field and a wider audience, curious to understand what lies behind a poster, a book cover, a typographic typeface, or a spatial orientation system. By highlighting graphic design practices, UPLOAD aims to promote designers while opening a dialogue on the role and future of the profession: where does the graphic design profession stand today? What are its challenges, its changes, and its urgent needs? Selected studios:
AMI, Anouk Andenmatten and Jérôme Gallay, Atelier Poisson, Base Design, Silvia Francia (BLVDR), Cecile+Roger, Cavalcade, Alex Dujet, Clovis Duran (Atelier Tramons) and Fabienne Radi, Gavillet & Cie, Emphase, Enen, Hymn, Dimitri Jeannottat, Kelvingrade, Maximage, Nask, Neo Neo, Omnigroup, Onlab, Thomas Perrodin, Schaffter Sahli, Studio BAD, Studio KO, SUPERO, TWKS, We Play Design, Sophie Wietlisbach, and Maurane Zaugg.
Around the exhibition:
Opening and awards ceremony: 3.10 from 6pm at SPARK Conference day: 4.10 from 8:30am to 5pm at SPARK, free with reservation* Workshop for children ages 5 and up: 4.10 to 2pm at SPARK, free with reservation* Workshop for children ages 1 to 4: 5.10 from 9:30am to 11:30am at La Julienne, continuously without reservation Guided tour (40 min): 4.10 to 1pm on 9, 16 and 23 October at 12:30pm at SPARK, free without reservation Visit to the G. Chapuis Printing House: 8.10 from 2pm to 4pm, free with reservation* Conference meet-up lunch: 6.11 from 12:30pm to 2pm at HiFlow, free on Reservations*
Practical information:
Exhibition hours at SPARK: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Exhibition hours at La Julienne: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Locations:
SPARK Building: 4/6 Ch. du Champ-des-Filles, Plan-les-Ouates
La Julienne, House of Arts and Culture: 116 Rte de Saint-Julien, Plan-les-Ouates
Printing G. Chapuis SA: 114 Ch. du Pont-du-Centenaire, Plan-les-Ouates
HiFlow: 36A Ch. du Champs-des-Filles, Plan-les-Ouates
