Aestheticizing the seemingly imperfect
1/24/2013
Gerechtigkeitsgasse 2
8001
Zürich
Switzerland
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Frédéric Dedelley (born 1964) Education as Product Designer at the ECAL, Lausanne and at Art Center College of Design (Europe), La Tour-de-Peilz. Since 1995 design studio in Zurich (products, furniture and interiors). Since 2001 Professor at the University of Art and Design, Basel, furniture and interior design department.
Prizes: 2000 Prizewinner "Max Bill - Georges Vantongerloo Foundation", Zumikon/Zurich; 2004 Prizewinner "Swiss Design 2004"; 2007 nominated for the "Swiss Design Award".
Exhibit and interior design (selection): "Nature Design", Museum of Design Zurich, "Gay Chic, from Subculture to Mainstream", Museum of Design Zurich; "Church Neumünster", Zurich; "Swiss design, désir design", MUDAC Lausanne; "Oui!", expo.02, Yverdon-les-Bains; "Church St. Theresia", Zurich; "fidelio", Zurich; "MFO Park", Zurich; "Musée romain de Vallon", Vallon; "playtime", swiss garden, Kunming/China.
Furniture and products (selection) for the companies Burri AG Public Elements, Classicon, Dornbracht, Driade, Lehni, Merlo-T, Milus, Studio Domo, Wireworks, Wogg.
Publications (Selection): "Creator's Report, Frédéric Dedelley", Michiko Ota, in: O-Cube, Living Design Club Professional, Volume 128, February 2006; "Askese und Sinnlichkeit, ein Besuch im Atelier von Frédéric Dedelley", Andrea Esbach, in: NZZ, 3. February 2006, P. 71; Swiss Design 2004, publ. by the Federal Office for Culture, Baden: Lars Müller 2004, P. 43-48; Schweizer Möbel und Intérieurs im 20. Jahrhundert, publ. by Arthur Rüegg, Basel/Boston/Berlin: Birkhäuser 2002, P. 270,396,399; "Gestalterische Verwandtschaft, Renovation der Kirche St. Theresia, Zürich", Christina Sonderegger, in: Werk, bauen + wohnen, June 2003; "Die Leichtigkeit des Designs", Irene Meier, in: NZZ, 2. Juli 2000, P. 70; "Aufzeichnungen einer Designsuche in Köln", with Franziska Müller, in: Ideales Heim, March 1999.
Exhibitions (Selection 2004-2005): "Guestroom", with Jasper Morrison and Zona Zürich, Neue Räume, Zürich, November 2005; "Small and beautiful", Museum Akihabara, Tokyo, October-Dezember 2005 (group exhibition, catalogue); "Swiss Design 2004", Swiss Design Awards 2004, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, 21.10.04 / 09.01.05 (group exhibition, catalogue)