Dr Jonas Berthod

I am a design historian, writer and ex-graphic designer working in London and Switzerland. I am interested in all things related to the discipline, including criticism, history and teaching. I work as a lecturer for Kingston University.

After at BA in graphic design at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), I graduated with a MA in visual communication from the Royal College of Art and earned a PhD in art history from the University of Bern with a thesis on the impact of cultural promotion on the field of Swiss graphic design.

I previously worked as a graphic designer, both independently and for studios such as Atelier Dyakova, John Morgan studio and Studio Veronica Ditting. I served as a visiting lecturer at several institutions in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland. I held the position of associate researcher on the SNSF project "Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited" (2016–2020) and co-curated the Weltformat Symposium in Lucerne over four years.

• BA Graphic Design, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland
• MA Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London
• PhD Art History, University of Bern, Switzerland