About

Raffinerie?

We are Raffinerie, a Zurich-based graphic design agency.

Culture, art, business, and NGOs are our main focus – being it digital, analogue, or in three dimensions.

Why?

Our clients’ needs are our top priority. In a collaboration we seek out individual approaches, surprising solutions, and smart beauty—from brainstorming to the finished project.

How?

We approach every project with curiosity and openness. By combining tradition and craftsmanship with modern technology, we create lasting value—whether on screen, on paper, or in concept.

Who?

At Raffinerie, teamwork comes first. We celebrate collective creation over individual achievements and value every voice—from emerging talents to established experts. That’s how we’ve worked since 2000—and how we continue to evolve, together.

Team

Maximalism and color vs. occasionally low-key. Interior design dreams vs. rarely at home. Platinum blond vs. kissed by the summer sun. Most things go together.

Pascal Arnet

Art Director

Kitten (on your lap), sea (in your head), tea (in your hand), history (in your ear). Often bold, preferably typography, pictures please - everything down to the (last) detail. English or DE / CH (bitte), ou Français (volontiers). Probably on the road. Certainly among people.

Luc Berger

Polygraph

Yes / sí / ja ja, risotto allo zafferano and creative coding and human vs. machine, always scribbling. Designer through and through.

Mattia Dellamora

Designer

Creative Director & Owner & with Raffinerie since forever. Illustration & info-illustration. Marathon man and family man, into hitting a tennis ball against a wall and racing buses on a bike. DE (Affoltern) / IT (for love) / EN (surf trip).

Reto Ehrbar

Creative Director / Owner / Board Member

Don’t always laugh. Don’t always plan everything. Once studied graphics. Helped set up an association for young graphic designers. Let’s see what happens.

Meret Fischli

Art Director

From Tokyo to Vienna to Zurich to Raffinerie. Experimenting, rearranging, trying out new things. Grown a lot since his first year as a trainee. Definitely the best barista.

Lukas Fuster

Trainee

Bird nerd, Limmat river / vineyards / pump tracks. Typo meets Techie, Zurich Lake Boy (DE), Canadian (EN), season pass for Laax feat. skatepunk feat. drum machines, 1, 2, 3, 4…!

Adrian Goepel

Typographic designer

saaH naitsirhC: just as fluent backwards, Mon and Wed: euphoric, Thu-Sun: ecstatic, Tue: grumpy. South Africa (EN) then Belgium (FR) then South America (ES) then Aargau (DE). Crazy Eye Capybara? All the best,

Christian Haas

Creative Director / Board Member

Alle: Ui – die (roten) Haare! Zeichnen auf der Dachterrasse mit (2 coolen) Schwestern, Farbe: mehr (neon), Wasser: ja, Pfadi: yes, Zelten:
sicher. Offen für alles (ausser Pixel Art). Mal fix bis 28 (LAP!)

Anaïs Heim

Lernende

More Welsh (England / Scotland 15th-18th century) than Wallis (childhood/teenage years). More Kombucha than coffee. Podcast researcher / adventure diagnostician / hand model / an eye for the big picture and concept and photography.

Daria Lötscher

Senior Art Director / Board Member

New York, Zürich, Lausanne, Lisboa, Art Director, Less is more, Apéro ou Café (s’il vous plaît).

Adrien Moreillon

Senior Art Director / Board Member

Tüpflischiisserin / Töggelianimateurin / Familienorganisatorin. Passiv-Finnisch-Schul-Span-Englisch-Aktiv-Bärndütsch. Ja zu: Bilder, Garten, Yoga, Pilates, Musik, Typo.

Manuela Pasanen

Typografischer Gestalter

Stage dance to multimedia design to retail to HR to back office multi-manager. Simple and clear like Bauhaus. Tables, please. Organization boxes, por favor. Sunbathe like an iguana, s’il vous plaît. And now let’s dance.

Sara Schorer

Administration / Backoffice

Inner peace vs. desk chaos. IT (but from Grisons) / DE / EN. Designer. Visual rather than verbal. Summer: shade. Anna, yes. Anna, sí.

Anna Tuena

Designer

Clients

7132 Hotel Vals
Aargauer Kunsthaus
Adrian Streich Architekten
Amt für Hochbauten
Anne Morgenstern
Art Museums of Switzerland
Avenir Suisse
Brentano Pflegeprodukte
Burg Theater Wien
Daros Services und Daros Lateinamerica
Die Börse, NZZ Libro
Dottikon
Essen gehn!
Elektrizitätswerke Zürich
Fondation Beyeler
FORUM UZH
FREITAG
Greenpeace
GSFA, Swissanimation
GTA Verlag
Hallo Yoga
Helsana
Hockey Club Davos
Ikea «Life at home»
Ikea Stiftung Schweiz
Independent Paper Show
Kantorei
Kreislauf
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Landscale
Lenz & Staehelin
Museum für Gestaltung
Museum Rietberg
NZZ Campus
ON Shoes

Ort für Landschaftsarchitektur
PH Akzente
Pro Helvetia
Reseda Möbel
RUGA Kinderbuch
Schauspielhaus Zürich
SEAB
Shinsen
Solothurner Filmtage
SRG
Stadtfuchs
Steiger Concept
Stettbach Mitte
Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
Swijin
Swiss International Airlines
Swiss Life
Tamedia
Theater Basel
Theater Neumarkt
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee
Truffer AG
UBS
Universität Zürich
Volkshaus Zürich
WSL
WWF
ZHAW
ZHdK
Zürcher Kantonalbank
Zürich Film Festival

Awards

100 Beste Plakate

2021, 56. Solothurner Filmtage
2020, Bally
2019, Museum Rietberg
2019, Museum für Gestaltung
2018, 53. Solothurner Filmtage
2016, Theater Basel
2016, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
2015, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
2014, 49. Solothurner Filmtage
2013, House of Electronic Arts Basel
2012, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee

ADC Deutschland

2014, Bronze, Die Börse / NZZ Libro
2013, Kreislauf 4+5 / Grüninger PR

ADC New York

2023, Bronze, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
2022, Merit, Brentano
2016, Excellent, Edition Unik/Heller Enterprises
2014, Bronze, Rugabu/Raffinerie
2014, Excellent, House of Electronic Arts Basel

ADC Schweiz

2018, Bronze, Volkshaus Zürich
2017, Shortlist, ZHdK, Image Brochure
2016, Bronze, Theater Basel
2016, Bronze, Anne Morgenstern, Land ohne Mitte
2015, Bronze, 7132
2015, Bronze, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
2015, Bronze, Shinsen
2015, Shortlist, Die Börse, NZZ Libro
2014, Bronze, GSFA
2014, Shortlist, Diagonal, WSL
2014, Bronze, Rugabu, Raffinerie
2011, Merit, Pro Helvetia
2009, Gold, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Raffinerie und Studio Achermann

Best of Content Marketing

2023, Silver, Helsana Ratgeber «Emotionen»
2022, Gold, Helsana Ratgeber «Depression»
2022, Silver, ZH Magazin «Gold»
2022, Silver, Greenpeace Jubiläumszeitung
2021, Gold, Helsana Ratgeber «Darm»
2021, Silver, Greenpeace Magazin
2020, Gold, Helsana Ratgeber «Herz»
2020, Silver, Greenpeace Magazin
2017, Silver, SWISS Magazine Shanghai
2016, Silver, UBS Magazin
2015, Silver, SWISS Magazine
2013, Silver, WWF Magazin
2012, Silver, Pro Helvetia, Passagen

Best of Swiss Web

2019, Silver, Ikea «Life at home»

Design Preis Schweiz

2015, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
2011, FREITAG Reference Line

Essence

2019, Silver, Ikea Online-Magazin «Lifeathome»
2016, Silver, Theater Basel
2016, Bronze, 51. Solothurner Filmtage

European Design Award

2020, Greenpeace Magazine
2019, Silver, Museum für Gestaltung
2016, Gold, Agency of the Year
2016, Gold, Best of Show
2016, Gold, Theater Basel
2016, Gold, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
2016, Silver, Reseda
2014, Bronze, Museum Rietberg
2013, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee
2010, Best of Show, 2000-Watt Society

iF Design Award

2012, Kuhn Rikon

Swiss Annual Report Rating

2023, Silver, Dottikon ES

Swiss Design Award

2013, Nomination, FREITAG Reference

Swiss Out of Home Award – WOOHW!

2023, Bronze, 57. Solothurner Filmtage

Swiss Poster Award

2024, Silver, Pierluigi Macor Dottikon

TDC New York

2024, Certificate of Typographic Excellence, 58. Solothurner Filmtage
2024, Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
2020, Certificate of Excellent Work, Bally
2020, Certificate of Excellent Work, 54. Solothurner Filmtage

TDC Tokyo

2024, Excellent, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
2018, Nominee, Swiss Pop Art
2018, Excellent, Volkshaus Zürich
2017, Excellent, ZHdK Image Brochure

Webby Award

2024, Webby Honoree, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
2020, Webby Nominee, Museum Rietberg
2019, Webby Nominee, Ikea «Life at home»

Team

Clients

Awards

Achievements for Kunstmuseum Solothurn and Solothurner Filmtage posters