Biography
Alfredo Häberli was born in 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1977 he moved with his family to Switzerland and in 1991 graduated with distinction in Industrial Design from the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung Zürich. Today he is an internationally established designer based in Zurich and works for some of the leading companies in the international design industry, such as Alias, Andreu World, Baufritz, BD Barcelona, Camper, Georg Jensen, Iittala, Kvadrat, Luceplan, Moroso, Rado and Vitra. He succeeds in combining tradition with innovation, joy and energy in his designs, and his work is strongly influenced by his early childhood in Argentina as well as by his curiosity and his study of everyday life. The results are works with a distinctive expression and emotionality.
Alfredo Häberli’s work and designs have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe, and over the past years he has received many awards for his work. A personal monograph, «Alfredo Häberli – Sketching My Own Landscape», was published by Frame Publishers in Amsterdam, and in October 2006 he was guest of honour at the 20th Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk, Belgium. In this context, the book «Alfredo Häberli Design Live» was published by Birkhäuser, featuring photographs by some of the most influential Swiss artists interpreting Häberli’s work.
A personal dream came true with his own retrospective exhibition «SurroundThings» in 2008 at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, for which he had been responsible for numerous exhibitions since 1988. In 2009 he was named «Designer of the Year 2009» by the magazine A&W (Architektur & Wohnen) and was honoured with a monographic exhibition on the occasion of the International Furniture Fair in Cologne. Since 2009 he has curated «Atelier Pfister – Neues Schweizer Design» for Pfister AG.
His most extensive project to date, the 25hours Hotel Zürich West, opened in November 2012. He was responsible for the overall interior design and created more than 60 products for the hotel. In 2014 Alfredo Häberli received the prestigious Swiss Grand Prix of Design from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, and since autumn 2019 he has himself been a juror for the Design Preis Schweiz. For his contribution to Finnish design, he was awarded in 2026 by the Embassy of Finland in Bern with the Knight 1. Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
Since 1988, Alfredo Häberli has been living with the graphic designer and therapist Stefanie Häberli-Bachmann. The two met at the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung and have realised numerous projects together over the years. The couple are parents of two adult children.
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