She was a wealthy lady with cultural aspirations, who spent her time travelling between the great cultural centres and fashionable holiday resorts of Europe, and who liked to gather artists and authors around her.
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The Swiss Army Knife, every schoolboy’s dream, was first manufactured in the late nineteenth century. The knife is more than a simple pen knife, with its distinctive bright red body bearing the trademark white cross: it is a compact household tool kit.Read More →
In Switzerland and Rotterdam, he worked as an apprentice and collaborator with Willem van Tijen and H.A. Maaskant. He founded an architecture firm in Solothurn in 1949. He was a guest professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from 1966 to 1971.Read More →
Albert Frey, a pioneer of “desert modernism” in Palm Springs, synthesized American and modernist architecture. His legacy continues today with iconic structures.Read More →
Prop is a minimalist shelving system designed by Lausanne-based studio BIG-GAME for Karimoku New Standard. It features L-shaped side modules for stability and stylish functionality.Read More →
Le Corbusier, a Swiss architect, designer, and theorist, played a pivotal role in 20th-century architecture through influential writings, modern furniture design, and iconic architectural projects.Read More →
Alexander Schawinsky was a Swiss designer born in Basel. He studied painting and architecture in Zürich, Cologne, and Berlin. He was at the Bauhaus in Germany between 1924 and 1925.Read More →
Michel Péclard, stool, 1955. Beech and birch. Made by Horgen-Glarus, Switzerland, from 1926 the firm produced wood furniture and they furnished the Swiss Pavillion, 1929-30.Read More →
Gustave-Louis Jaulmes (1873 – 1959) was a Swiss architect and designer. He was born in Lausanne. He was professionally active in Paris. Read More →
