Interview

14:01 minutes
Swiss German/Subtitles English

Although he first had to learn German, Alfredo Häberli, born in Buenos Aires, managed to acquire his diploma as a product designer at the Zurich School of Design (today ZHdK) as best student in his year. Already as a student, he was designing exhibition architecture for the Museum für Gestaltung and forging contacts with the international design world. His designs  for companies like Alias, Driade and Zanotta combine systems thinking with emotion. During an interview at his Zurich studio, Alfredo Häberli talks about his first visit to the Milan Furniture Fair in 1985, about friendships with designers and his experience with manufacturers. 

A contribution from the exhibition "100 Years of Swiss Design".