Model builder and Vitra
After an apprenticeship as a model builder I worked five years as a model builder, at least in the development department of the furniture company Vitra in Birsfelden Switzerland. I realised prototypes and design models for the designers Jasper Morrison, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Alberto Meda, Antonio Citterio, Philippe Starck , Maarten Van Severen, Jakob Gebert, Werner Aisslinger, etc. During my studies as an Industrial Designer at the University of Applied Arts Nordwestschweiz I worked also as a material researcher for the Vitra home Department.
Studies and the beginnings with conceptual design
During my studies I got the opportunity to open my mind for conceptual and holistic design. In collaboration with Thomas Walde I won competitions with conceptual projects like the Nike Play Award and the special prize of the jury at the Design Biennale in Lucerne in 2006. During the time I worked with the street art crew «Die Seiner» we got the chance to design the Carhartt store in Zurich and presented an installation at the art exhibition «Scope» in Basel.
I was a former member and still redactor of «Sachenmachen.ch», an internet platform to benefit the exchange among the Swiss design scene.
BarberOsgerby and Vogt+Weizenegger
In 2005 I made an internship at the design studio Vogt+Weizenegger in Berlin. This conceptual studio worked for a big range of clients from different fields. I was working for Nike, Sony Music, Auerhahn, Stahlform, 2raumwohnung, DIM (die imaginäre Manufaktur).
After my studies I worked as a design assistant at BarberOsgerby in London 2007 / 2008. They are known for there sensible design of furniture and products. They put me on projects for the companies: Cappelini, Magis, Flos, Esthablished and Sons and ClassiCon.
Postfossil and my current design
The platform «Postfossil» is the most recent project I was involved since the beginning. We want to sensitize users for sustainability and critical reflection of design. At international exhibitions in Milan, Berlin, Stavanger and Zurich we got very good feedback and references in magazines and books such as the «Die Gestalten Verlag». In summer 2009 I was invited to speak at the fair «Materialvision» about my JWC just wood chair. Selected by the German Design Council, I was in the final round for the Young Designer (YDMI) of the year 2009. The Design Magazine Wallpaper. London selected my lamp Loppa for the dining room lamp 2009. The Bernese Foundation of Applied Art awards me a scholarship for an atelier in New York 2010.
Florian Hauswirth
Libellenweg 1
CH-2502 Biel
M: +41 79 417 10 54
Dipl. Industrial Designer FH (final degree 2006, FHNW, CH)
Dipl. Technical Model Builder (diploma 1997)
Independent designer since 2006, projects for Carhartt, Vitra, Plattform 07, Scope Basel, Modarteurope
Freelance at design studio BarberOsgerby in London 2007/08
Internship at design studio Vogt+Weizenegger, Berlin, D 2004/2005
2000–2006 Modelbuilder and material research at the development department of Vitra AG Birsfelden
Awards and Nominations
2010 Wallpaper* design award «best vase»
2010 New York Atelier-Scholarship by Bernese Foundation of Applied Arts
2008 nominated for Berner-Design-Award
2008 nomination Designreport Award am Salone Satellite
2006 Special prize Designbiennale, Luzern, CH
2005 first prize Nike-Play-Award, Berlin, D
Exhibitions
2010 Interior Trends 2010, Cologne, D
2010 Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, CH
2009 Neue Räume, Zurich, CH
2009 Materialarchiv, Winterthur, CH
2009 Materialvision, Frankfurt, D
2009 YDMI Tendence, Frankfurt, D 2009 DMY, «Postfossil», Berlin, D
2009 Salone Satelite Milano, I
2008 New and Norwegian «A world of folk», Stavanger N
2008 first sein collection, «the red flag», München D
2008 Salone Satellite, Milano, I
2007 Artig, graphic exhibition, Basel, CH
2006 «Diningtray», Contest - Exhibition Design for Europe, Kortrijk B
2006 «C-0796-1294», Designbiennale, Kornschütte Luzern, CH
2005 Cibob, Stilladen, Wien, A
2005 Cibob, Nike Urban Lab, Berlin,D
Publications
Works were published in the «Gestalten» books: Desire 2008, Archadia 2009 , Once Upon a Chair 2009
Articles in: Wallpaper GB, Casad magazine I, Wohnrevue magazine CH, Ish Magazin Thailand,
Hochparterre CH, Basler Zeitung CH, Berner Zeitung CH, Form Forum magazine CH, Ruggedmag D