Universities Handbook of Switzerland

Basel School of Design in Switzerland. Basel enjoys a rich cultural life. In the last twenty years it has become a hot spot of contemporary architecture. Leading architectural offices including Herzog & de Meuron are to be found in Basel. A young generation of internationally recognized graphic designers, especially active in publishing and editorial design, have their offices in Basel. Most of them graduated from the Basel School of Design and today continue the spirit and great tradition of graphic design in the city. Basel has more than twenty museums, eight of which focus on art and design: Kunstmuseum (Museum of Fine Arts); Gegenwartsmuseum (Museum of Contemporary Art); Schaulager; Beyeler Foundation; Tinguely Museum; Kunsthalle; Architectural Museum; and the Museum for Paper and Printing.