about

Claudia Caviezel
+41 76 525 41 01

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.

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

2023	Collab with Collectif mon Amour, Zürich CH
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 • École d‘Arts Superieure, Mulhouse FR
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

21.6.2024 – 13.7.2024	Claudia Caviezel: Colour x Culture x Craft, Clear Gallery, Tokyo JP
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