Graphic designer and Art director engaging with cultural collaborations, fashion and educational fields, with a background responding to precise environmental reflections. Believing in concept-based narratives and sharp visual contrasts as core language, he works across art direction, digital and editorial design, consulting, and type design.
09. Locarno Film Festival - Art direction and graphic design. Rebranding. 2024.
08. "RURAL ASPECTS". Site-specific installation w/ Federico Paviani at Kulturfolger, Zurich (CH). Text by Jana Vanecek. Sound design by WeAmps. Curated by Sibilla Panzeri and Petra Tomljanovic. Images by Anna Maysuk. 2024.
07. PARDO. 11 day-run issues for the Locarno Film Festival official magazine, part of the new visual identity. Concept and design. Editor in Chief: Christopher Small. Covers/Talents ph: Davide Padovan. 2024.
06. Identity 2024 for the Space of Contemporary Art La Rada, Locarno (CH): "SOUND ECHOS, LISTENING SPACES". All photographs courtesy of La Rada. Photographed by Riccardo Giancola, Tiziano Ercoli.
05. Artichoke 21 - Off-the-grid issue. Creative direction. With Federico Paviani, Naomi Accardi, and Luca Strano. Ph: Riccardo Giancola. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland 2023/2024.
04. Rafael Kouto - Art direction and graphic design. Images: © Rafael Kouto, Mode Suisse, Lotto Sport, Jean-Vincent Simonet, Maganga Mwagogo, Derrick Kakembo. 2018 — 2023.
03. "POST ACTION. Supports of Languages". Sight-specific installation w/ Federico Paviani at La Rada, Locarno (CH). Technical support: Studio Def. Text by Naomi Accardi. Sound design by WeAmps. Curated by Rafael Kouto, Yimei Zhang, Neda Zanetti. Ph: Riccardo Giancola. 2023.
02. Rafael Kouto X ZSIG Publication. Concept and design: Joshua Althaus. Video: Kairos Studio. Director of photography: Natascha Vavrina. Campaign images: Flavio Leone. Still-life images: Simone Cavadini. Foreword: Thomas Isler (ZSIG President). Texts: Isabela B. Gygax. Zurich, 2021.
01. Rafael Kouto "ALL THE NOTHING THAT WILL REMAIN" lookbook design. Campaign images: Jean-Vincent Simonet. Still-life images: Simone Cavadini. 2018.
© Joshua Althaus, 2025. All rights reserved. No part of this material, either text or images or screenshots, may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless authorization is given by Joshua Althaus.
Graphic designer and Art director engaging with cultural collaborations, fashion and educational fields, with a background responding to precise environmental reflections. Believing in concept-based narratives and sharp visual contrasts as core language, he works across art direction, digital
and editorial design, consulting, and type design.
© Joshua Althaus, 2025. All rights reserved. No part of this material,
either text or images or screenshots, may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless authorization is given by Joshua Althaus.