since
95
Collaboration
with Bruna Hauert
Friends
of Carlotta, Zurich.
Exhibition system for gallery, participation
in thematic exhibitions,
photography, website.
1997
Internship in Barcelona at the studio of Jorge
Pensi, working on a range of furniture projects for companies like Cassina,
Do+Ce or Casprini.
since
1997
Freelance
designer for the lighting company Metalarte S.A.
Barcelona, working with art director Carlos Riera. Fluo, Merlin,
Soft and Fox lamps
introduced at the Euroluce
98, Milan.
1998
Internship at IDEO,
San Francisco. Working on projects ranging from promotional
items for Pepsi, kitchen appliances to concepts for future office accessories.
Internship
with Smart
Design,
New York
Projects include PET bottles for liquor, manual orange squeezer, garden shears,
concepts for media storage solutions or a portable audio receiver for concerts.
The OrangeX Juicer wins a Good Design Award 2000.
1999
Internship at IDEO,
Tokyo
working with Naoto Fukasawa and Takeshi Ishiguro on projects for companies
like NEC or Toshiba. Concepts for video projectors or future products
using flash memory.
Hoc Lamp for Foscarini, Venice, Italy
2000
Euroluce 2000 Milan, introduction of
Norma, Loop, Oba and Arma for Metalarte.
2001
Salone
Satellite in Milan exhibiting together with Swiss designer Markus
Pfyl.
Organizing production and visual
identity for Bilibo.
The product is officially launched on Sept. 28 at Einzigart gallery
in Zürich. Active
People will distribute Bilibo worldwide.
since 2002
Position as Creative Director for the Swiss toy company Active
People with seat in Basel. Working on CI of the company and development
of future product lines.
The first major project is the complete
redesign of the skill toy Astrojax,
Exhibition design for the international
toy fairs in Nürnberg and New York.
Furniture Fair Koeln, Introduction of floor lamp Turn for the Swiss lable MOX.
2003
Broad international launch of Astrojax with
new light-up version and accessories.
Development of www.astrojax.com with community sections, videos and featured
tricks.
Creation of 2 interactive learning CDs for Astrojax.
The toy sells around 3-5 Million pieces worldwide.
2004
Redesign of www.activepeople.com.
Launch of multifunctional Boing light
balls.
Website for Friends
of Carlotta
2005
New booth design at toy fairs in Nuremberg and New
York.
Launch
of Babal
, an open-ended toy to complement Bilibo, the [YO]2 yoyo
line and a new Kiwido version
with interactive learning CDs.
2006
Launch of ACTIVE Screens,
a self-contained instore display for promotional videos playing from
flash memory cards.
Introduction of Bilibo
Mini.
Websites
for the artists Ivo
Steiner and Naomi
Seroussi.
Exhibitions at the German
Museum of Technology Berlin and the Musée des Art Décoratifs
Paris.
2007
New booth design
at toy fair in Nuremberg. Launch of Bilibo
Pixel, [YO]2
Delta and the Astrojax
Aqua line. Promotional Video for [YO]2 Delta
2008
Redesign of SAKOL packaging
and promotional video. Development of XaXa balls.
Launch of the Bilibo
Game Box.
2009
Launch of XaXa balls. Redesign of TRIPLE ACTION and FLEXGAP yo-yos. Exhibition design for MULTIPLAY at Friends of Carlotta.
2010
Launch of [YO]2 TRIPLE MOON and [YO]2 MIRAGE
2011
Launch of Pluï bath toy and the new modular Astrojax MX family.
Foundation of own company MOLUK GmbH based in Zürich, Switzerland.
2012
Set up of new company, CI, website, distribution network. Social media platforms: youtube, facebook, pinterest, twitter.
Redesign of Bilibo Mini and Game Box packaging.