Neo Neo is a Swiss-based art direction and graphic design studio set up in Geneva by Thuy-An Hoang and Xavier Erni in 2010. The studio partners with artists, cultural institutions as well as private companies to produce creative and contemporary concepts and designs. Neo Neo area of expertise ranges from editorial design, visual identities, typography, posters and all kinds of printed matter to web design, signage systems and scenography. Over the years they developed a transdisciplinary approach and are now sharing their time between visual communication, curating, publishing and teaching. Since 2011 they have been publishing Poster Tribune a poster-dedicated periodical newspaper. In 2015, they launched Print Program – an exhibition and archive platform dedicated to printed matter and graphic design. In 2020 they partnered with Alex Dujet (Futur Neue), Roger Gaillard (Cécile + Roger) and David Mamie (TM) to launch Extraset, a Geneva based digital type foundry. Since 2015 Thuy-An and Xavier are teaching visual communication at HEAD-Genève, Geneva University of Art and Design. In 2021, the studio is joined by graphic designer Estelle Piguet.
Neo Neo est un atelier de graphisme et direction artistique basé à Genève en Suisse, créé en 2010 par Thuy-An Hoang et Xavier Erni. Le studio collabore avec des artistes, institutions culturelles, ainsi que des entreprises commerciales pour créer des concepts de communication originaux et contemporains. A travers les années, il a développé une approche transdisciplinaire, incluant la communication visuelle, le commissariat d’exposition, l’édition et l’enseignement. Depuis 2011, le studio publie Poster Tribune, une revue dédiée aux affiches. En 2015, il crée Print Program, une plateforme d’exposition et d’archivage consacrée aux objets imprimés et au graphisme. En 2020, Xavier Erni s’allie à Alex Dujet (Futur Neue), Roger Gaillard (Cécile + Roger) et David Mamie (TM) pour lancer Extraset, une fonderie de caractères typographiques. Thuy-An Hoang et Xavier Erni enseignent depuis 2015 à la HEAD-Genève. En 2021, le studio est rejoint par la graphiste Estelle Piguet.
Neo Neo
Thuy-An Hoang
Xavier Erni
La Fonderie
7 clos de la Fonderie
1227 Carouge
Switzerland
+41 22 343 74 13
+41 78 659 00 86
contact@neoneo.ch
2021
Most Beautiful Swiss Books
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
100 Beste Plakate, 100 Best Posters, Deutschland, Österreich Schweiz.
2019
Swiss Federal Design Award nomination granted by the Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland
2015
Artist residency in New York granted by the Canton of Geneva
2012
Swiss Federal Design Award granted by the Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland
2012
Bourses Lissignol
Award of the City of Geneva for Contemporary Art and Design
2011
Bourses déliées
Art award discerned by the FCAC, Contemporary Art Fund of the Canton of Geneva
Fondation Cartier, Paris
Mudac, Lausanne
ON Running, Zürich
Patrick Frey Edition, Zürich
HEAD, Genève
New Museum, New York
SCAU Architectes, Paris
OSR Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Genève
Am Stram Gram, Genève
TPM, Montreuil
Fondation Pavillon Sicli, Genève
MAMC Musée d’art contemporain, Saint-Etienne
Comédie de Valence, Valence
FCAC Fonds Cantonal d’art contemporain, Genève
Compagnie Philippe Saire, Lausanne
NOF Nouvel Opéra, Fribourg
La Bâtie Festival, Genève
Black Movie Festival, Genève
Centre d’art contemporain, Genève
41 Cooper Gallery, New York
Musée de l’Ariana, Genève
Halle Nord, Genève
Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
Contrechamps, Genève
Patrick Cramer Edition, Genève
Artport Making Waves, New York
Selected
Exhibitions
2021: Swiss Max, Taiwan Design Museum
2015-2020
Swiss Style Now Touring exhibition: Cooper Union, New York, Poly U Design, Hong Kong, Tap Seac Gallery, Macau, Lens Gallery, Pékin, Weltformat, Lucerne,
PDP Festival, Novi Sad
2018-2019
Fonds International d’Objets Imprimés de Petite Taille. Fondation nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Nogeant sur Marne, ECAL,
Ravisius Textor, Maba
2012, 2018
BRNO Graphic Design Festival Part of the international selection & exhibition
2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021
100 Beste Plakate Part of the selection, International Touring exhibition.
2012, 2017, 2019, 2021
Chaumont, Graphic Design Festival part of the international selection
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Graphic Design Festival Scotland Part of the international selection
2015
Swiss Graphic Design in Seoul Samwon Paper Gallery
2012
Swiss Design Awards
Museum Bellerive, Zurich
2012
Bourses Lissignoles, Centre d’art contemporain, Genève
2012
Bourses déliées, Halle Nord, Genève
2012
100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich
2011
Panorama, design graphique en Suisse Romande, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève
Selected Talks/Jury/ Workshops
2023
Lecture, HKB Bern
2023
Lecture as part of INTL Graphic design festival
2023
Lecture, HEAR Strasbourg
2022
Lecture, Dafi Kühne’s Typography Summer Program, Näfels
2022
Talk, ESAD Valence
2021
Les jeudis midis
de l’affiche, conférence,
Bibliothèque de Genève
2021
Jury for the 100 Beste Plakate
2020
psD against the epidemic, talk (online)
2020
Livetalkfrom a series of talk to fight quarantine (online)
2019
Graphic design and Pizza,
PDP design conference,
Novi Sad, Serbia, conférence
et workshop
2018
Les jeudis midis de l’affiche, Talk, Bibliothèque de Genève
2017
Expanding Fields, conférence, Basel School of Design, UIC HGK
2017
Swiss Style? Conférence,
Poly U, Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design
2016
Fontes et caractères dans tous leurs états #3 — Objets
typographiques, conférence,
Campus fonderie de l’image, Paris
2016
Shakespeare / Télé Loisir Conférence et Workshop, l’Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Besançon
2016
Is This Swiss? Symposium et table ronde avec Ludovic Balland, Grilli Type, Erich Brechbühl, Johannes Breyer, Anna Haas et Robert Lzicar, Cooper Union, New York
2015
Round Table discussion with Benjamin Critton, Julian Bittiner et Other Means, New York Artbook Fair, Moma PS1, New York
2011
Poster Tribune, Talk with Jean-Charles Giroud, Bibliothèque de Genève