Alfredo Haberli Design Live: Shirana Shahbazi, David Renggli, Walter Pfeiffer, Roman Signer, John M Armleder, Korner Union, Stefan Burger Display / Inszenieren Alfredo Haberli - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764380829 ISBN 13: 9783764380823

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2006

Synopsis

Der Schweizer Alfredo Haberli (*1964 in Buenos Aires) gehoert zu den innovativsten und erfolgreichsten zeitgenoessischen Designern: Vom Weinglas zum Stuhl, vom Schuh zum Regalsystem - er findet fur alles eine elegante Loesung, die Funktionalitat und Prazision mit Leichtigkeit und spielerischem Charme verbindet. Das von Studio Achermann einzigartig gestaltete Buch uber sein Schaffen geht neue Wege in der Darstellung von Design: Einige der namhaftesten schweizerischen Kunstler - Shirana Shahbazi, David Renggli, Walter Pfeiffer, Roman Signer, John M Armleder, Koerner Union, Stefan Burger - inszenieren seine Werke. Das Wechselspiel von Fotokunst und Design macht Form, Funktion und Alltagswirkung von Haberlis Objekten in neuer und ungewohnter Weise sichtbar. Essays von Gianni Jetzer und Stefano Casciani beleuchten Haberlis Werk und die Interpretationen der Kunstler vertiefend. The Swiss Alfredo Haberli (b. 1964 in Buenos Aires) is one of today's most innovative and successful designers. From wineglasses to chairs, from shoes to shelving systems, he finds an elegant solution for everything, combining precision and functionality with lightness and playful charm. With a unique and inimitable design by Studio Achermann, this book on his creative work breaks new ground in the representation of design. Some of today's most eminent Swiss artists - Shirana Shahbazi, David Renggli, Walter Pfeiffer, Roman Signer, John M Armleder, Koerner Union, and Stefan Burger - stage his works in this publication. The interplay of photography and design makes the form, function, and everyday effect of Haberli's objects visible in new and unusual ways. Essays by Gianni Jetzer and Stefano Casciani explore and illuminate Haberli's work and the artists' interpretations. The book was designed by Beda Achermann, trendsetting art director and founder of the German men's magazine Vogue.

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Alfredo Haberli was born in 1964, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to Switzerland in 1977, where in 1991, he graduated in Industrial design at the Hoehere Schule fur Gestaltung in Zurich. He received the Diploma Prize, SfGZ in 1991. From 1988 onwards, he worked in Zurich for the Museum fur Gestaltung, where he was responsible for numerous exhibitions. In 1993 he set up his own studio, and subsequently worked for firms such as Alias, Authentics, Edra, Driade, Luceplan, Thonet, Zanotta. Recently Alfredo Haberli has developed products for Asplund, Bd Ediciones de Diseno, Cappellini, Classicon, Iittala, Joop!, Leitner, Moroso, Offecct, Volvo. Alfredo Haberli s work and designs have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe. He has received many awards for his work over the years. Stefano Cascianistudiedarchitecture and design at the Rome University, he moved to Milan in 1979 to join the internationally reknown magazine Domus, where he worked as a freelance editor until 1982. Since 1992 until 1999 he has been Design Editor of the magazine Abitare. As a designer and artist, Casciani has developed anycommunication, exhibition and design programs with companies as Alessi, Bisazza, Bticino, Cassina, Driade, Ferrari, Ivalo Lighting, O Luce, Tecno, Studio Alchimia, Zanotta. In 2000 he became Deputy Editor of Domus and worked closely together with the Editor Deyan Sudjic in redefining Domus as the best contemporary arts magazine of the world. Visiting Professor in design and architecture schools and universities in Italy and abroad, he has been awarded with the Compasso d Oro design award (2001) and the Lighting for Tomorrow Prize (2003). He is the author of about twenty other books on design, art and architecture, the latest of them "Building the City of Exchange: the New Milan Fair by Massimiliano Fuksas" published by Editoriale Domus, 2005. Casciani lives and works in Milan,Zurich and Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3764380829
• ISBN 13: 9783764380823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Achermann Beda, Häberli Alfredo