Fries&Zumbühl

Kevin Fries and Jakob Zumbühl have been collaborating since their time studying at the Zurich University of the Arts and have been partners in the development and realisation for numerous design projects since 2003. Their design success comes from their incorporation of each designer’s different way of thinking and working, combined with their mutual interests and design backgrounds. The pair also believe that furniture design is the most sublime design form, allowing them as industrial designers to get as close as possible to artistic activity. In this way, they create new objects with their own identities meeting both the functional and sculptural demands of the user. This comes across in their furniture designs such as the ‘Link’ chairs and couches, which won the prestigious Red Dot Product Award in 2012. Their functional and humorous design ‘Error’, a mute wallet stand (for MOX design) also won the Interior Innovation Award in 2013.