Born in Vigo, Spain, Tomás Alonso has been travelling since the age of 19 to pursue his career as a designer. He has been living, studying and working in the USA, Italy and Australia before moving to London to complete an MA at the Royal College of Art. In 2006 he co-founded the design collective … more

Cornelia Hess, born in Zurich in 1982. After she finished secondary school she moved to Bern to study Visual Communication at the Bern University of Arts. She completed her degree in the autumn of 2008 with her work «il étais une fois …». She now lives and works in Zurich. Adrian Merz, born in … more

Sarah Kueng and Lovis Caputo both studied at HGKZ in Zurich. Since 2006 they have collaborated as Kueng Caputo on innovative projects such as Five Star Cardboard and Copy, exploring mundane materials and environments to exercise and reflect high design/architectural concepts. Kueng Caputo has been … more

Erwin K. Bauer leitet das buero bauer, Gesellschaft für Orientierung und Identität mbH, eines der führenden interdisziplinären ­Designbüros Österreichs. Klare Orientierung und eigenständige Identität zeichnen die Kommunikation in Print, Interactive und … Raum aus. Erwin K. Bauer vertieft die … more

Lilli Hollein is an Austrian curator, cultural manager and design expert. Until the end of April 2021, she was the director of the design festival she co-founded, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. On 1 September 2021, Lilli Hollein took over the general management of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). She … more