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Alfredo Häberli Design
Development – SurroundThings
27.6.2008 – 21.9.2008
Halle
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Alfredo Häberli Design Development, Nais, 2004 for Classicon © Alfredo Häberli Design Development
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This first solo exhibition of the internationally renowned Zurich designer Alfredo Häberli shows the variety of products and projects that he and his studio make for firms such as Alias, Camper, Iittala, Kvadrat, and Schiffini. The exhibition — divided into different thematic areas — provides insight into the intellectual background and environment from which these works that shift between functionality, precision, lightness, and a playful charm, are created. Following the Overture, the Laboratory — conceived of as a display depot — facilitates an approach to the design process. Exhibits from Swiss design history that have influenced Häberli — the majority from the Museum’s design collection — are presented in three Chalets. Abstract houses form theatrical backdrops for Spots, in which the objects displayed offer a view of the profession of the designer and his work, while cartoons by Häberli give visitors an insight into his thought processes and the backgrounds to the projects. A further area with the recently produced textile collection and a conceptual kitchen can be seen as a look into the future.
About Alfredo Häberli and Moritz Schmid
Alfredo Häberli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1964. In 1977 he moved with his family to Switzerland, where, from 1986 to 1991, he studied industrial design at the Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich (today’s Zurich University of the Arts). From 1988 onwards he worked with the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich where he was designer and curator of numerous exhibitions. He has worked as a free-lance designer since 1991, and his practice is one of Switzerland's best-known design studios. Alfredo Häberli has received many international awards and in 2006 was guest-of-honour at the 20th Design Biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium. The book, "Alfredo Häberli Design Live", appeared in Birkhäuser Verlag against this background.
Moritz Schmid was born in Bern in 1976 and studied product design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel. From 2004 he worked as project manager and designer in the studio Alfredo Häberli Design Development. He has taken part in a number of international group exhibitions and his work has received several awards. Moritz Schmid is leaving the studio in July 2008 to open his own industrial design practice in Zurich.
Program accompanying the exhibition
Podium discussion: Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8 pm, Vortragssaal
The long path to the product
Konstantin Grcic, Designer, Munich
Alfredo Häberli, Designer, Zurich
Patrizia Moroso, Art Director Moroso, Udine
Patricia Urquiola, Designer, Milan
Chair: Karianne Fogelberg, Design Journalist, Frankfurt am Main
In German and English
Podium discussion: Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 8.30 pm, Vortragssaal
Design development: always one step further?
Alfredo Häberli, Designer, Zurich
Adrian van Hooydonk, Chief Designer BMW Automobile, Munich
Ross Lovegrove, Designer, London
Renate Menzi, Curator Design Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Ascan Mergenthaler, Partner Herzog & de Meuron, Basel
Chair: Jeroen van Rooijen, Style Director, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich
In German and English
Guided tours
| July 2008 |
| Wed, 2.7. |
18.30 |
Christian Brändle, Director, MfGZ |
| Sun, 6.7. |
14.00 |
Renate Menzi, Curator Design Collection, MfGZ |
| Wed, 9.7. |
18.30 |
Cynthia Gavranic, Curator, MfGZ |
| Wed, 16.7. |
18.30 |
Verena Formanek, Head of Collections, MfGZ |
| Wed, 23.7. |
18.30 |
Angeli Sachs, Head of Exhibitions, MfGZ |
| Wed, 30.7. |
18.30 |
Angeli Sachs
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| August 2008 |
| Sun, 3.8. |
14.00 |
Rahel Uster, Assistant Exhibitions, MfGZ
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| Wed, 6.8. |
18.30 |
Cynthia Gavranic |
| Wed, 13.8. |
18.30 |
Angeli Sachs |
| Wed, 20.8. |
18.30 |
Christian Brändle |
| Wed, 27.8. |
18.30 |
Frédéric Dedelley, Designer
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| September 2008 |
| Wed, 3.9. |
18.30 |
Moritz Schmid, Designer, curator of the exhibition |
| Sun, 7.9. |
14.00 |
Renate Menzi |
| Wed, 10.9. |
18.30 |
Frédéric Dedelley |
| Wed, 17.9. |
18.30 |
Moritz Schmid |
| Sun, 21.9. |
14.00 |
Renate Menzi
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| Long Night of the Zurich Museums |
| Sa, 6.9. |
19.30 |
Alfredo Häberli, Designer, curator of the exhibition
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20.30 |
Angeli Sachs |
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21.30 |
Alfredo Häberli |
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22.30 |
Angeli Sachs |
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23.30 |
Verena Formanek |
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00.30 |
Cynthia Gavranic |
Special tours in English on request: Tel +41 (0)43 446 67 10 or marilena.cipriano@zhdk.ch
Press Clips
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SonntagsBlick Magazin 29.6.08
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Aargauer Zeitung 27.6.08
Tagesschau 27.6.08
Züritipp 27.6.08
Blick 26.6.08
News 26.6.08
Rete Due and TSI 26.6.08
SF1 Kulturplatz 26.6.08
Basler Zeitung Beilage Wochenende 21.6.08
Inform 16.6.08
NZZ am Sonntag 15.6.08
Magazin des Tages Anzeigers 7.6.08
Schöner Wohnen Schweiz 1.6.08
annabelle vom June 08
Intramuros vom May June 08
We thank our partners and sponsors
CAMPER
Carl F. Bucherer
NESPRESSO
Schiffini Mobili Cucine Spa
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