Bienvenue Studios
Transforming nature into visual culture
Bienvenue Studios is a Zurich-based design studio founded by Oliver Hischier and Xiaoqun Wu. Since 2016, they have been exploring natural phenomena and translating them into art print collections, postcard series and other design objects. Their work is rooted in biophilic design: the idea that a closer relationship with nature can bring calm, attention and wellbeing into everyday spaces. Observations collected outdoors – mineral veins, leaf structures, weathered surfaces and other small, easily overlooked details – become the starting point for precise graphic compositions. While Oliver grew up in the Swiss Alps, Wu was raised in the concrete jungle of Shanghai before moving to Switzerland. Their different cultural perspectives shape a visual language that combines analytical clarity with a quieter, more poetic sensibility. Each collection is conceived as a small visual world: researched, carefully composed and designed to invite a slower way of looking, with close attention to material, colour and craftsmanship.
Ephemeral Blooming
Succulents are often admired for their sculptural forms and ability to endure drought. Yet their flowers can be just as remarkable: some bloom for only a few hours, others for a few days, and some appear only at night. Ephemeral Blooming focuses on these brief moments of colour and abundance.
Sun Fluttering
Butterflies have long been symbols of transformation, fragility and renewal. Sun Fluttering looks closely at the delicate structures of their wings – almost architectural, yet impossibly light. It reflects on the quiet wonder of metamorphosis and the vulnerability of species whose presence depends on the changing conditions of their habitats.
Fire Flowers
Proteas are among the oldest flowering plants on earth. Having evolved in regions shaped by frequent wildfires, they developed extraordinary strategies for survival: fire-resistant seeds that remain protected until new growth begins in the ash. Fire Flowers is a tribute to this resilience, memory and renewal.
Mountain Treasures
Mountain Treasures is inspired by stones formed beneath the earth over millions of years. Shaped through heat, pressure and the slow movement of minerals, they reveal unexpected layers of colour, texture and pattern. Their surfaces invite repeated looking, gradually opening into veins, imagined landscapes and small natural worlds.
Quiet Water
In dry and extreme climates, succulents become quiet reservoirs. Their leaves and stems store water internally, allowing them to endure long periods of heat, intense sun and drought. Quiet Water observes these plants as living structures of adaptation, holding an understated strength that is patient, precise and almost invisible.
Riverstones
According to a Chinese legend, thousands of colourful flowers once fell from the sky and turned into radiant stones as they touched the ground. Riverstones is inspired by the stones found near Nanjing, shaped and polished by the constant movement of water. Their vivid surfaces hold traces of time, chance and imagined landscapes within a single form.