Moritz Schmid

Product designer Moritz Schmid established his own studio in Zurich in 2008 following four years working as a designer and project leader at Alfredo Häberli’s studio. He works across multiple design disciplines such as furniture, tableware and exhibition design for clients including Atelier Pfister, Helmrinderknecht contemporary design gallery, Kvadrat, Museum of Design Zurich, and Röthlisberger, among others. In 2013, he was awarded the Design Preis Schweiz and the Swiss federal design award for his serial production shelf ‘Etage’ (2012). Made of oak, ply and arura vermelho wood, ‘Etage’ (designed for Röthlisberger) is a consideration of the open and closed modes in furniture, with one part always open and the other closed. A concealed shelf is also revealed by raising or lowering a thin, wrap-around shell.