Visitors queueing beneath hanging mirrored mobiles, HEAD Open Days 2026
Open Days 2026
HEAD – Genève, Geneva, 2026
Corridor with black cut-out panels and Portes ouvertes 2026 lettering, HEAD – Genève

For the HEAD – Genève Open Days on 17 January 2026, I designed the scenography and signage across all the school's buildings. The project grew out of a collaboration with Onlab, who created the event's graphic design. The idea was to carry the shapes of their graphics into the signage, giving them body in space. The day welcomed more than 3,000 visitors.

Silhouette in front of the Portes ouvertes 2026 sign, HEAD – Genève
Black signage panels with wavy outlines, HEAD Open Days 2026
Person in a green T-shirt welcoming visitors, HEAD Open Days 2026
Information desk beneath a mirrored mobile, HEAD Open Days 2026
Overview of the Cube hall full of visitors

I devised a single system, adapted into totems, signage panels, information desks and a stage set, from the welcome desk to the Portfolio Reviews and from the Alum Talks to the stage in the Cube. Around forty panels, in the same mirrored material as the hanging mobiles, guided visitors through the buildings. For the bases, I started from what was already at HEAD: I reused one of the school's stand systems, combined with stickers. On the Cube stage, long garlands of around sixty mirrored polystyrene pieces echoed the shapes of the graphics and caught the light. After the event, the panels and hanging mobiles continue their story: they will soon be available in the shop.

Audience seated in the Cube hall, HEAD Open Days 2026
Black cut-out totem listing the programmes, HEAD – Genève entrance
Mirrored mobile hanging above a table of visitors
Cloud shapes on a glass door, HEAD Open Days 2026

Information

Date

17 January 2026

Venue

HEAD – Genève, all buildings

Context

HEAD – Genève Open Days

Type

Event scenography, signage, reuse

Visitors

More than 3,000

Credits and thanks

Scenography and signage

Karen Pisoni

Graphic design

Onlab

Assistant

Dana Masip

Photos

Sylvain Leurent, © HEAD – Genève

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