Interview with Alfredo Häberli
February 17th 2015
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich Switzerland
100 Jahre Schweizer Design, MfGZ
Although he first had to learn German, Alfredo Häberli, born in Buenos Aires, managed to acquire his diploma as a product designer at the Zurich School of Design (today ZHdK) as best student in his year. Already as a student, he was designing exhibition architecture for the Museum für Gestaltung and forging contacts with the international design world. His designs for companies like Alias, Driade and Zanotta combine systems thinking with emotion. During an interview at his Zurich studio, Alfredo Häberli talks about his first visit to the Milan Furniture Fair in 1985, about friendships with designers and his experience with manufacturers.