«Anuvad™» blends a love of craft with an exploration of the possibilities offered by e-textiles. Designer and Design researcher Chhail Khalsa is an alumna of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad (India) and from the Hochschule Luzern, where she first developed «Anuvad™» as her master thesis while working as a research assistant. The key aim of …

Taking place at the Power Station of Design, «psD Against The Epidemic» is an exhibition involving 21 designers from across the world, exploring social life under the “new normal”. The project first developed as an online exhibition on the museum’s Wechat account, before unfolding across three floors of the museum for an exhibition taking throughout the …

Switzerland is the guest country at the 2020 edition of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, taking place from 25 September until 4 October. On this occasion, Pro Helvetia presents young Swiss design with the exhibition Design Switzerland, organised in cooperation with Design Prize Switzerland. The participating studios have been selected through a call for participation. They …

19 projects have been selected for this year’s call for Design projects, as part of Pro Helvetia’s focus on «New Models of Collaboration – Culture and Business». With this new promotion model, the foundation is testing support instruments that focus on the development process – from concept to production and marketing – with the aim …

A look-back at the development of Egli Studio‘s «Easy Aluminium» «Easy Aluminium» is an outdoor furniture system built entirely out of aluminium. The particularity of «Easy» resides in its injected connection parts: thanks to this ingenious system, only the standard tubes used for the top and the feet vary in dimensions to decline in various …

In January 2020, 5 Swiss design studios took part to the Swiss Design Accelerator in San Francisco. This pilot project was initiated by Pro Helvetia, swissnex San Francisco and Design Preis Schweiz. After a preliminary coaching phase in Switzerland, the studios were offered a skill development and pitch training and matchmaking meetings. Hear the impressions …

«psD Against The Epidemic» is a special design campaign to raise awareness of the Covid-19 epidemic. psD has invited 20 designers based locally or abroad to design posters as a response to the current situation. 2 Swiss studios are among the selected candidates: Neo Neo and Oficio. The poster designs are currently showcased online on …

Stay home and shop your local creators In times of Covid-19, as we all continue to adapt to a new reality, one way to support small businesses is to consciously shop local when possible. To face the shops’ shutdowns, independent labels are going online to reach existing and new clientele. Here is a non-exhaustive list …

Due to the current situation of Covid-19, Pro Helvetia and Pro Helvetia Shanghai have decided to suspend the Design Switzerland delegation and exhibition to the Shenzhen Creative Week, to be held from 12-15 June 2020. Four young Swiss design studios were selected through a call for participation launched by Pro Helvetia & Pro Helvetia Shanghai …

Speedmentoring allows young talents to benefit from valuable experiences and exchanges with industry players. On 27 February 2020, five designers will take part to this event in Zurich, organised by Pro Helvetia, in collaboration with teo jakob: Josefina Muñoz Laure Gremion Cosmos Luca Gorissé Sebastien El Idrissi  The participants were selected based on their innovative …