Geneva, Switzerland
Amélie Gallay is a type and graphic designer from Switzerland.
Focusing on type design with a sharp attention to details, Amélie aims for high quality drawings with a distinctive identity. Completing projects varying from revivals to original designs, she takes inspiration in type design history,
bringing historical sources into contemporary uses.
Amélie is freshly graduated with high honours from ECAL’s Master Type Design and was awarded the EXECAL Award for her Master’s thesis.
Lausanne , Switzerland
A prize awarded to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her Master thesis.
Aigle, Switzerland
"From April 1st to September 5th 2021, this ECAL exhibition at the Espace Graffenried in Aigle offers a selection of recent Bachelor and Master degree projects from all departments.
Authentic passports to professional integration for graduates and rich in a wide variety of skills and media (painting
, photography, object design, interactive installation, publishing or film), the works presented at the Espace Graffenried are mainly based on contemporary themes such as new technologies, outdoor activities and sustainable development."
Geneva, Switzerland
Graduated with honours.
"Bachelor in Visual Communication training course covers graphic design in all its dimensions, formats and media. Students explore the issues of Visual Communication between print and digital. Learning the fundamentals, page layout and typographic composition provides the nec
essary basis for experimenting with the various aspects (visual identity, editorial graphics, interaction and motion design, signage, scenography, creation of typographic characters) of the trade."
Type Design
Logotypes
Glyphs
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
French
Native language
English
Fluent
Potentially open to relocate
‘In praise of swashes’ is an investigating article on swashes. It looks into their origins, purposes, and their controversial uses in typographical experimentations.
‘Stories’ are writings by students where they reflect on the contemporary challenges that are driving current type design forward. T
he essays are written and edited as part of the MATD Theory class.
A small presentation of my work by Timur Zima, curator of the @tomorrow.type.today Instagram account.
