Bruno Monguzzi

Bruno Monguzzi was born in Switzerland in 1941. After studying graphic design in Geneva, typography, photography and gestalt psychology in London, UK, he began his career at Studio Boggeri, Milan, Italy in 1961. Monguzzi moved to Montreal, Canada in 1965 to design nine pavilions for Expo 67 with the firm of Charles Gagnon and James Volkus. Returning to Milan in 1968, he reconnected with Antonio Boggeri and collaborated on an independent basis until the closing of the studio in the early 1980s. In the early 1970s, with Anna, Boggeri's daughter, he settled in the town of Meride, Switzerland and began his long teaching career, first in Lugano and later internationally. In Milan, he began his association with Roberto Sambonet on exhibition design projects.

In 1981 Bruno Monguzzi was the curator and designer of the Studio Boggeri retrospective at the Milan Triennale. In 1983, in association with Visuel Design Jean Widmer, he won the competition for the signage system and identity for the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. Monguzzi was the art consultant for Abitare magazine from 1986 to 1991. From 1987 to 2004 he was the sole designer for Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland.

Major exhibitions of Monguzzi’s work include: Villeurbanne, 1992; Zürich, 1993; Baltimore, 1999; Tokyo, 2000; Winterthur, Delaware, 2001; London, 2003; Chaumont, 2006. He has been a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale since 1979. His awards include: Premio Bodoni, 1971; Gold Medal, New York Art Directors Club, 1990; Yusaku Kamekura Design Award and Gold Medal, Toyama Poster Triennial, 2000. The Royal Society of Arts in London named him as a Royal Designer for Industry in 2003.