Vevey's fork sculpture, printed on a page of history
A century-old encyclopaedia page becomes the canvas for a one-off poster, made at Hyper Super's workshop in Vaud.
What it is
The Vintage Vevey Switzerland Poster is a wall decoration piece from Hyper Super, a Swiss brand whose workshop is based in Vevey. The concept: an image printed directly onto an authentic page taken from an old illustrated encyclopaedia. The subject chosen for this model is local and symbolic — the fork sculpture planted in Lake Geneva, right in Vevey.
This is not just another reproduction. Every old page already carries its own text, its own typography, its own marks left by time. The image is layered on top, and it’s this encounter between an old text and a contemporary motif that gives the object its character. It’s aimed at people looking for decor that tells a story, not just a colour to match the sofa. This is a piece defined by its subject: the fork sculpture in Lake Geneva at Vevey.
Why it exists
Hyper Super starts from a simple observation: old books and encyclopaedias often end up forgotten, or even destroyed, despite carrying a printed heritage that has its own worth. The brand chose to give them a second life by turning them into supports for decorative pieces. The idea isn’t to discard that heritage, but to bring it back into an object you look at every day, hanging on the wall.
By choosing the fork sculpture planted in Lake Geneva at Vevey as its subject, the brand also roots its work in a specific place — the very one where its workshop stands. The poster becomes an object that is both heritage-carrying, through the page it’s printed on, and local, through the image printed on it.
What matters
The composition of the image is the starting point for everything: it’s an image printed digitally onto an old, authentic page. In practice, this means the background visible behind or around the motif isn’t neutral — it’s genuinely old paper, with its own texture and imperfections. This detail changes how the poster reads in different light.
The origin of the pages explains where that background comes from: illustrated encyclopaedias from the early twentieth century. These are supports that have lived through more than a century before becoming the base of a poster. This age accounts for much of the object’s particular character, quite different from paper artificially aged to look old.
The printing technique used is digital laser printing. This is what allows the contemporary motif — here, the fork sculpture — to be fixed onto a page that was never designed for it in the first place. This process prints the image directly onto this fragile support without damaging the page itself.
The subject depicted anchors the whole piece: the fork sculpture planted in Lake Geneva at Vevey. This motif is instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with the region, and gives the poster a strong geographic identity, far from a generic decorative image.
Finally, an included accessory completes the object: a mount stamped with “HS”. This mount isn’t just a neutral frame element — it carries Hyper Super’s own mark, visually signing the piece as a creation from the workshop.
Day to day
The poster is designed to be hung as is, with its mount already fitted around the image. This mount, stamped “HS”, helps showcase the motif without needing to add an extra frame to get a finished look.
Since each copy is printed on a different old page, no two posters are ever exactly alike, even for the same subject. That’s worth keeping in mind when hanging yours: the background will carry its own marks of time, unique to your copy.
Technical specifications
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Image composition | Image digitally printed onto an old, authentic page |
| Included accessory | Mount stamped “HS” |
| Printing technique | Digital laser printing |
| Page origin | Illustrated encyclopaedias, early twentieth century |
| Manufacturing location | Workshop in Vevey (CH) |
| Subject depicted | Fork sculpture planted in Lake Geneva at Vevey |
What the brand says
Hyper Super states that every poster is unique and tells an original story, thanks to the old page used as its support. This variability in the background, specific to each recycled encyclopaedia page, is what makes no two pieces truly identical, even when the printed motif — here, the fork sculpture at Vevey — stays the same.
For readers in Switzerland
Hyper Super is a Swiss brand, and this poster is made at its workshop in Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva. The subject depicted, the fork sculpture planted in the lake, is in fact located at that very spot: the decorative object and its place of manufacture share the same symbolic address.
Why it caught our eye
We like the idea of giving old encyclopaedia pages a second life instead of letting them disappear. We were struck by the choice of subject, the fork sculpture in Lake Geneva, which anchors the object in the very place where it's made, in Vevey.
Exactly the kind of brand we’d love to come across on O!deal one day.
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