When Swiss aviation giants, Pilatus (based in Stans, Lucerne) was looking to extend its production facilities, the company enlisted architects Scheitlin Syfrig. The result is a vast new asymmetric structure, the size of 38 tennis courts, that sits on the valley floor and is constructed almost entirely from local timber.
For the full story on the brand new assembly line, turn to W* 140. Wallpaper.com however are able to take you on a mesmerising tour of the vast structure, as photographed by Wallpaper* favourite Joël Tettamanti
If you're as smitten by Joël's photographs as we are, and fancy owning some of his or other Wallpaper* photographer's work, go to Wallpaper* selects to find out more
Pilatus Hangar
Pilatus Hangar
More than is probably is wise, producing this magazine can feel like a publishing version of Mission Impossible. Or Mission Unlikely, at least. For the Top 200 issue, one of the missions was to produce ten cover shoots, in ten locations all over the globe. Here, we follow our photographers, models and crew as they commandeer helicopters and scale Alpine glaciers, to reach the chosen Swiss location: the Monte Rosa cabin, perched 2,883m high.
Pilatus Hangar
The mesmerising structure, as photographed by Wallpaper* favourite Joël Tettamanti
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Pilatus Hangar
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Pilatus Hangar
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Pilatus Hangar
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Pilatus Hangar
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
Pilatus Hangar
Photography by Joël Tettamanti
A classic creamy Bircher is a clear protagonist on the Swiss breakfast table and Basel’s Les Trois Rois Hotel’s mouth-watering recipe is a reason alone worth getting out of bed for; a portion will easily keep you going till lunchtime
Jonathan Bell takes us through the country's publishing houses, at the forefront of new styles and aesthetic innovations
Kik keeps insects away poster, 1960s, laminated serigraph by anonymous designer, from Museum of Design, Zurich
Neocid, A Gate for House Pests poster, 1953, by Karl Gerstner, from Museum of Design, Zurich
Geigy’s Research for Tomorrow press advertising, 1960-62, typographic print by anonymous designer, from Museum of Design, Zurich
ZurichTrix…no Moth Holes poster, 1952, lithograph by Herbert Leupin, from Museum of Design, Zurich
You Said a Mouthful, Bub! Geigy Dyestuffs advertising, 1963, by Fred Troller, from Museum of Design, Zurich
Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy 1940-1970
Flyer for ‘Good Design, Good Business – Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy 1940-1970’, 8 October 2010 – 8 January 2011, Le Lieux du Design, 74 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine
