Bears have been around in Bern since 1513. Until 1857 they were in the city itself, then kept as a tourist attraction in the «Bear Pit». From 2009, the Bears got a bigger, better and more expensive home. The «BearPark». What Bern city tourism is missing is a cute Mascot. Here is it the unofficial Bern-Bear-Character called «Bärni Bär». Kids-Tshirts available here.

Left: Swissair Poster «Metropolitan» created by Swiss Graphic Designer Kurt Wirth back in 1956. Right: «Swiss Aeropolitan» Poster is a Buro Destruct interpretation for the upcoming «Switzerland Design for Life» exhibition in London.

The Exhibition «Switzerland Design for Life» presented by A Foundation, Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain, Architectural Association and Pace PR showcasing 22 designers featuring Alexandre Bettler, Bureau Collective, Buro Destruct, Elena Rendina, Regis Tosetti, Grotesk, GVA Studio, ID Pure studio, Jurg Lehni, Kueng Caputo, Laurent Benner, Loris & Livia, Nerves, Stefan Jost, Super Position, Urs Lehni & Lex Trub, Zak Kyes and others presenting cutting edge aesthetic innovation from Switzerland.

Private view: June 18th, from 7 PM. Exhibition: June 19th – July 1st, 2010
at the A Foundation, Rochelle School, Arnold Circus, London.

Collection of vintage plastic bags from shops in Bern city added to BD flickr. Some of the shops closed or changed their logotype, mostly to something ugly…

BD Skittles Portrait Photo 2009 by Rolf Siegenthaler added to BD info pages.

Swiss writer and essayist “Hugo Loetscher” died yesterday aged 79 in Zurich.
Poster for a reading at Dampfzentrale Bern 1999.

Get a close view on BD’s charming hometown Bern.
Find the police writing a parking fine, the «bill baut» logo and BD’s pipe.