Awarded
Christian Horisberger
Furniture collection 2005 – 2007 (diploma work)
Product and Industrial Design
Awarded
Furniture collection 2005 – 2007 (diploma work)
Product and Industrial Design
Highly individual furniture
Christian Horisberger's entry for the Swiss Federal Design Competition includes three seats and a lamp. These are functioning models that he has built himself. Grouped together, they look like an installation. The furniture typologies are unusual and the formal language moves away from the furniture industry's usual clear lines. Some of the designs look heavy, rough and angular. The structure is emphasized. For example, the connection plates in the large 'Sitzliege' (literally 'Sitting Lounger') are painted yellow and the screw-heads chosen are large and visible. We have to get used to the objects, and accept their individuality. The jury did not like this furniture immediately, but the independence of their construction and expressive quality, and also the designer's working processes, aroused the experts' interest and enthusiasm as time passed. The most striking item, because it is the largest and most unusual, is the 'Sitzliege'. As its name suggests, this piece of furniture is a structure offering various different possibilities for sitting and lying down. The shape is derived from a variety of strips of wood, angled in various directions. Owners can choose whether to use these surfaces as stands or shelves, as a bench or lounger. The 'Schaukelliege' ('Rocking Lounger') is a folding lounger made of welded tubes bent in various directions. Two axes hold the frame together and make it possible to open the lounger or fold it up. Two fabric-covered sections, one for the back and the other for the legs, form a surface to lie down on, and also stabilize the structure when it is open.
The 'Stehleuchte' ('Standard Lamp') is made of brass tubes. Three tubes act as a foot, and connect up with the horizontal bar the light source is attached to. From the side, the lamp looks like a slanting letter T. The light source can be turned round its axis. The light is switched on and off by a rocker switch on one of the three legs.
Ariana Pradal
Christian Horisberger
Born in
1978
Education
Industrial Designer
Group name
CM Horisberger