“The future will be postfossil. The designer is on a position with the possibility to sensitise others. Concepts that are taken from an engineering start-point are often too far away from people’s interest.
My aim is to design objects, which are showing what they are made of, and what they are intended to be used for. I attempt to juggle ideas, functional aspects, manufacturing skills, materials and production methods to reach the essence of a project.”


Florian Hauswirth
Libellenweg 1
CH-2502 Biel
M: +41 79 417 10 54
florian@postfossil.ch
my new personal website:
www.florianhauswirth.ch
my old crew and big friends:
www.sein.se

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 in 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
2009 second price at Werkbund@Embru furniture competition
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 Salone Satellite, Milano, I
2010 Werkbund@Embru furniture competition,Museum of Design, Zurich, CH
2010 Interior Trends 2010, Cologne, D
2009 Neue Räume, Zurich, CH
2009 Materalarchiv, 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, Elle Decor I, Vouge Living Aus, BHMA GR, Swiss Design Thailand, Casad
magazine I, Wohnrevue magazine CH, Ish Magazin, Thailand, Hochparterre CH, Basler Zeitung CH,
Berner Zeitung CH, Form Forum magazine CH, Ruggedmag D

florian@postfossil.ch