Erich Brechbühl is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer focused on poster and corporate design.

He was born on the 3rd of october 1977 in sursee, switzerland. in 1990, at the age of 13, he started his career with he foundation of „mix pictures“, an organisation for short film productions and cultural events.

after a typography apprenticeship near lucerne (1994-1998) he began an apprenticeship in graphic design at the studio of niklaus troxler in willisau (1998-2002). then erich moved to germany where he did an internship at metadesign berlin. back in lucerne he founded his own graphic design studio „mixer“. since 2007 he’s a member of the alliance graphique internationale (agi).

a selection of brechbühl's awards and honors include: design prestige – international award for design, brno (2002); gold prize, student section, korea international poster biennale (2002); bronze prize, cultural posters section, china international poster biennial (2003); honored prize of józef mroszczak, warsaw (2004); red dot award: communication design (with distinction) (2004); 2nd prize, trnava poster triennial (2006); grand prix, lahti poster biennial (2007); 2nd prize, concours international d’affiches, chaumont (2008); grand prix, swiss poster award (2008)