Photo: Tomas Soucek (Okolo)

We meet Dimitri Bähler, a Product Designer, who finished his studies in 2009 as industrial product designer at l’ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). He did an exchange semester at Design Academy d’Eindhoven. From 2010 on, he worked with Elric Petit, Jörg Boner and Chris Kabel, among other things. Dimitri Bähler is nominated in the Product Design and Objects category.

What does the SDA represent?

The website of the Swiss Design Awards is a great « book » for Swiss design, a kind of illustrated dictionary that presents the work of Swiss designers without a « Röstigraben », which is important. At the same time, it is a platform that promotes the work of people who are active in the design field in Switzerland, a country that gains more and more recognition for its creativity.

Best previous SDAwardees?

In the last edition, I was a big fan of Lucien Gumy’s shelf, Michel Charlot’s lamp and Emile Barret’s photographs. I am also really happy that an organization like Depot Basel has been awarded too!

Yourself:

myself

Your motivation:

curiosity

Your inspiration:

making

A genius:

John Steinbeck was the last one I «met».