Vitra.

Alfredo Häberli

Biography:

Alfredo Häberli, born in Buenos Aires in 1964; studied industrial design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Zurich and opened his own studio there in 1991. He not only originates furniture, luminaires and accessories for leading design companies, but also designs exhibitions and interiors of shops and restaurants.

Projects:

Products in collaboration with Vitra:

• 2011 “Jill” chair

Exhibitions:

• 2008 SurroundThings, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich

Awards:

• 2009 Designer of the Year, Internationale Möbelmesse, Cologne
• 2006 Guest of Honour, 20th Biennale of Design, Kortrijk
• 2005 Swiss Design Prize

Publications:

• 2006 Alfredo Häberli Design Live, Birkhäuser Verlag
• 2002 Alfredo Häberli - Sketching My Own Landscape, Frame Publishers