Colin Schaelli

Colin Schaelli

Colin Schaelli was born in Chur in 1980. After working as an architectural draughtsman with Peter Zumthor, he studied industrial and graphic design in Zurich. During his studies he developed a system of retail shelving for the Freitag company, promptly winning the 2009 Swiss Design Prize in the Newcomer category. The portfolio of his «Design Bureau» in Tokyo and Zurich (from January 2012 in Bern) covers product and graphic design. In 2011, Colin Schaelli founded the company Colin SA for his simple screwless flatpack wooden furniture collection, con.temporary furniture, produced in Switzerland and Japan and for which shortly afterwards he won the 2011 Swiss Design Prize.

Awards
«Förderpreis Stiftung Bündner Kunsthandwerk» 2011
«Kulturförderpreis des Kanton Graubünden» 2011
«Design Preis Schweiz» 2011, Prize winner
«Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland» 2011, Nomination
«Design Preis Schweiz» 2009, Prize winner
«Red Dot Design Award» 2009, Communication design

Publications
2010 Urban Reader 4 / Anything but a Collective Issue
2010 Urban Reader 3 / The Synergetic Issue
2009 Urban Reader 2 / Hygroscopic Urban Challengers
2009 Urban Reader 1 / Urban – The Biggest Urban Myth

Exhibitions
2011 depot for design, Langenthal
2011 DesignTide, Tokyo
2011 Salone, Milan
2010 Kaffeefahrt, Chur
2010 DMY, Berlin
2010 Fondation Gutzwiller, Zurich
2009 depot for design, Langenthal
2009 Hotel Claska, Tokyo
2009 UTRECHT, NOW IDeA, Tokyo
2008 Hotel Claska, Tokyo
2007 TideMovie, Tokyo
2006 DesignTide, Tokyo
2006 Kornhausforum, Bern

Lectures
2012 KT&G Sang Sang Madang, Seoul
2011 University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne
2011 A+D Museum, Los Angeles
2010 Swiss Design Symposium, Tokyo