MATTIAZZI Designer
FOSTER + PARTNERS
Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted
in sustainability, which was founded fifty years ago in 1967 by Norman Foster.
Since then, he and the team around him have established an international practice
with a worldwide reputation for thoughtful and pioneering design, working as a single
studio that is both ethnically and culturally diverse. The studio integrates the skills
of architecture with several other disciplines in a collegiate working environment that
is similar to a compact university. These diverse skills make us capable of tackling
a wide range of projects, particularly those of considerable complexity and scale.
The practice has never drawn a distinction between architecture and industrial
design. The point of contact, the thing that you touch, is as important as the broader
vision. The industrial design team established in 1980, has developed a wide range
of products from door handles to wind turbines; from a fountain pen to the cabin of
an executive jet; from a tap to the fit-out of an ocean yacht.
Mike Holland joined Foster + Partners in April 1995. As Head of Industrial Design
he leads a team of designers to develop commercial mass manufactured products,
lighting, furniture, building products and transportation for clients across the globe.
He also works closely with the architectural studios designing bespoke solutions for
a diverse range of projects around the world. He designed bespoke furniture and
interiors for the Maggie’s Centre in Manchester, The National Bank of Kuwait, Apple
Park in Cupertino and Bloomberg in London.
STUDIO Œ
Studio Πis a Berlin-based design studio founded by Lisa Ertel (*1990) and Anne-
Sophie Oberkrome (*1990). Both product designers graduated from the University
of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe. Their practice ranges from self-initiated works to
multidisciplinary collective projects and industrial design commissioned by
international companies.
Guided by a fascination for the diverse skills of materials and phenomena observed in
everyday life, the duo creates works that tell uncommon stories about the spatial and
social context in which their projects move. Anne-Sophie and Lisa are co-founders of
the collective FAN. Since 2022, they teach design at HFBK Hamburg.
LEON RANSMEIER
Leon Ransmeier is the founder and director of Ransmeier Inc., a New York–based
design office. A graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, his work has been
published internationally and is included in the permanent collections at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Corning Museum of Glass.
Clients include 2016/Arita, HAY, Herman Miller, and Maharam. Ransmeier’s designs
have been exhibited at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (New York),
Friedman Benda Gallery (New York), Swiss Institute (New York), and at SFMOMA
(California). His writings on design, art, and architecture have been published
in Apartamento, Disegno, and PIN-UP.
JULIE RICHOZ
Swiss-French designer Julie Richoz set up her eponymous design studio in Paris in
2015, through which she enjoys exploring with curiosity and sensibility the
development of her own language through objects. From unique pieces to industrial
scale, she sees a continuity rather than a difference between the two ways of
production. In both cases, she is fascinated by the savoir-faire and the passion and
precision in handling materials.
Her practice ranges from objects, furniture, and lighting to textiles, for companies
such as Alessi, Louis Poulsen, Hay, Mattiazzi, La Manufacture de Cogolin, Galerie kreo,
among others. After graduating from ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne
(2012), she worked for Pierre Charpin as a project assistant (2013-2015). She was a
designer-in-residence at CIRVA Research Center on Art and Glass, France (2013), at
Sèvres - Cité de la Céramique, France (2013), and at Casa Wabi, Mexico (2017).
She has been awarded the Grand Prix at Design Parade (2012), Swiss Design Awards
(2015/2019), Bourse Leenaards (2016) and the Grand Prix de la Création de la ville de
Paris (2023). Since 2017, Richoz has taught industrial design at ECAL University of Art
and Design Lausanne, Switzerland.
