Beatrice Afflerbach

Beatrice "Bea" Afflerbach-Hefti (June 14, 1920 – March 3, 2003) was a Swiss graphic designer.

Beatrice Afflerbach-Hefti studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel (today Schule für Gestaltung Basel)[1] and in 1941 was the first woman to graduate from the institution with a diploma in graphic design.

After her studies she founded an office together with Sita Jucker and her later husband Ferdinand "Ferdi" Afflerbach in 1942, where commercially successful graphics were created.

[3] She took part in the Schweizerischen Ausstellung für Frauenarbeit (Swiss exhibition for women's work) in 1958.

The estate of the couple are held in the archives of the Schule für Gestaltung Basel.