Claudia Caviezel
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About
Claudia Caviezel is an international independent product designer with expertise in diverse materials and a speciality in textiles. All of her designs express her signature mix of handmade and digital processes.
A multilingual Swiss national based near Zurich, Caviezel collaborates on interdisciplinary projects which are unified by her unique approach to visual language and her singular approach to materials and colour. Caviezel's public space collaborations include retail, hospitality, commercial, entertainment venues, and outdoor leisure amenities. Her textile and product designs range from haute couture fashion to rugs, pottery, linens and furniture. Prints, jacquards and embroidery she designed for a prestigious Swiss luxury fashion house were used in garments designed by Vivienne Westwood and worn by notable women like Michele Obama.
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Distinctions include a Swiss Grand Prix award for Design (2016), her solo exhibition Claudia Caviezel: Caleidoscope at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (2023-2024), and an Atelier Flex Scholarship for a three-month Japan residency awarded by The Cultural Commission of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland (2024).
studies
| 2009 | Master European Design Labs, IED, Madrid ES |
| 2002 | Master Textile Design, HSLU, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne CH |
| 1997 – 2002 | Textile Design, HSLU, Lucerne CH |
| 1997 | A-levels with Latin, Zug CH |
| 1994 / 1995 | High school diploma, Oceanside US |
| 1984 – 1997 | Primary school and Gymnasium, Zug CH |
collaborations
| 2018 - 2021 | Member of the Swiss Federal Design Commission FDC, CH |
| since 2010 | Products for Atelier Pfister curated by Alfredo Häberli, CH |
| 2021 | Collaboration with Rotauf, Chur CH |
| 2011 – 2020 | Head of fabric source and development, Head of Textile design for AKRIS, St.Gallen CH |
| 2017 | Collaboration with Atelier Oï for the Swiss Pavillion, World Expo, Astana KAZ Concept International Textile Design Lab, https://www.tada-residency.ch, Heller Enterprise, Zürich CH Alpaca knit project Las Manuelas, Madrid ES and Cusco PER Trend forecast Makers Team, Swiss Textiles, Zürich CH Textile Design, TISCA, Bühler CH Various artworks in collaboration with DOBAS, Lucerne CH – Luxury Boutique in, Doha QAT Artwork, Hotel InterContinental, Perth AUS |
| 2014 | Walls and carpets, cinema REX, Thun CH in collaboration with Holzer&Kobler architects, Zürich CH |
| 2013 | Artwork, Fairmont Hotel, Singapore SGP |
| 2012 | Textiles and Light-walls, BURRI public elements, Glattbrugg CH Textile design in collaboration with Frédéric Dedelley, Hotel Waldhaus, Sils-Maria CH |
| 2011 | Textile design, Coulisse, Enter NL |
| 2010 | Projects, Jakob Schlaepfer, St. Gallen CH Teaching • University of Applied Arts and Sciences, Lucerne CH |
| 2009 | Interior Design, Swiss Business Lounge, Airport Zurich CH |
| 2004 – 2008 | Jakob Schlaepfer, Textile Design, St.Gallen CH |
| 2005 – 2006 | Design of technical clothing in collaboration with FLINK for R‘adys, CH |
| 2003 | Milani d&c, development and design of maternity wear, Zürich CH |
| 2002 | Installations and illustrations for HSLU, Lucerne CH |
| 2001 | Styling, Department Store Quartier 206, Berlin GE |
| 2000 | Internship, Studio Edelkoort, Magazine IN VIEW, Paris FR |
awards
| 2023 | Atelier Flex, Zug CH |
| 2020 | Zuger Werkjahr, Zug CH |
| 2016 | Swiss Grand Award for Design |
| 2015 | Nomination, interior contract award Zimmer + Rohde / AIT, GE |
| 2013 | Nomination, Design Prize Switzerland, Langenthal CH Nomination, Die Besten Hochparterre, Zürich CH Nomination, German Design Award, GE |
| 2010 | Swiss Federal Design Grant Faces of Design Award, Berlin GE |
| 2008 | IKEA scholarship, CH Educational Grant, Zug CH |
| 2007 | Swiss Federal Design Grant |
| 2004 | Talente International Design Award, Munich GE |
| 2003 | Swiss Federal Design Grant Artist in Residence, New York US |
| 2002 | Lucky Strike Junior Design Award, CH Special Award, Zürich CH Educational Grant, Zug CH |
expositions
| 01.09.2023 – 07.01.2024 | Claudia Caviezel: Caleidoscope, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich CH |
| 2020 – 2021 | Wild Thing / Modeszene Schweiz, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich CH |
| 2018 | Swiss Design Lounge, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich CH Some of my work in permanent exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich CH |
| 2017 | Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju KOR World Expo, Swiss Pavilion, Astana KAZ Chamber Gallery, New York US |
| 2016 | Couleurs Désert - Teppichkunst, Museum Bellerive, Zürich CH Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya JP Indian Art Fair, New Dehli IN |
| 2015 | Der Textile Raum, Museum Bellerive, Zürich CH Sapporo Art Museum, Sapporo JP Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo JP Durch die Blume, Museum Bellerive, Zürich CH Westbund Design and Art Fair, Shanghai CN Designforum, Vienna AT Design Days Renens, Lausanne CH Baklar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston US Dwell on Design, Los Angeles US made by - Textiledesign, Kunsthalle, Lucerne CH |
| 2013 | Design Prize Switzerland, Langenthal CH Designers Days, Musée Arts et Métiers, Paris FR |
| 2011 | BIDT-First International Design Triennial, Beijing CN Mercedes Benz Trend Talk, Autosalon, Geneva CH |
| 2010 | Swiss Federal Design Grants, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich CH DMY, International Design Festival, Berlin GE |
| 2009 | Expiry - In transit, IED, Madrid ES |
| 2007 | Swiss Federal Design Grants, MUDAC, Lausanne CH |
| 2006 | Loft Gallery, Hamburg GE |
| 2004 | Talente International Trade Fair, Munich GE Flick Gut, Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur CH |
| 2003 | Swiss Federal Design Grants, MUDAC, Lausanne CH Designers Saturday, Berlin GE Auf die Tapete gekommen, Swiss National Museum, Zürich CH |
| 2002 | Museum of Modern Art, Zug CH Georgette, Trevira, Serge & Hugo, HGKL, Lucerne CH |
languages
| German (mother tongue), English, Spanish, French and still understanding of Rumantsch |
impressum
| Design – Buffet für Gestaltung, Markus Wicki | |
| Web development – Avant la lettre GmbH | |
| Text – Denna Jones |