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Camerata de Lausanne

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Apr 16th, 2013. Artwork published in .
Camerata de Lausanne 1
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.

Striking visual identity for the Camerata de Lausanne, a string ensemble of international classical musicians founded by Pierre Amoyal in 2002. Art director Demian Conrad writes:

How can something invisible, like music, be graphically portrayed? […] For the Camerata de Lausanne, I looked for a way of visualising sound, but without using images from the world of music per se (notes, instruments, etc).

My research led me to the work of Ernst Chladni, a German physicist and the father of modern acoustics. Chladni had discovered that by taking a copper disc sprinkled with sand and rubbing it with a bow, he could obtain geometrical figures. This fact demonstrates that music also has a physical effect on matter. So I followed the geometrical thread discovered by Chladni and used it on all communication media for the Camerata de Lausanne. To give it a more contemporary feel and make it more manageable, I had software written by Mathieu Rudaz which allows us to generate images directly on the computer using a specific frequency.

[…] I chose a very modernist and minimalist font, Neutraface. The geometrical architecture of this font contains echoes of mathematics, a discipline beloved by classical composers. In addition, we asked the typographer Emmanuel Rey to personalise the geometry of the logo by refining its micro-definition. The content is processed with the Plantin font of the printer Christophe Plantin.

Read more about the project and see more images of it on demianconrad.com.

Camerata de Lausanne 2
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
Camerata de Lausanne 3
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
Camerata de Lausanne 4
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
Camerata de Lausanne 5
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
Camerata de Lausanne 6
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
Camerata de Lausanne 7
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.
The logo is Neutraface No. 2, meticulously modified by Emmanuel Rey of Swiss Typefaces.
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.

The logo is Neutraface No. 2, meticulously modified by Emmanuel Rey of Swiss Typefaces.

The website was designed by Demian Conrad and realized by Ergopix.
Source: www.demianconrad.com Demian Conrad. Photos: Yvain Genevay. License: All Rights Reserved.

The website was designed by Demian Conrad and realized by Ergopix.

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