Photo: Cyrill Matter

Photo: Cyrill Matter

Photo: Cyrill Matter

We kick off the series “A word with….” within the Swiss Design Awards Journal, introducing this year´s nominees one by one.

We start with Sandro Marzo, nominee within the category “Fashion and Textile Design”. He launched his own label “Sandro Marzo”shortly after graduating from the Academy of Art and Design Basel in 2011.

What does the SDA represent?

For me the SDA means recognition for my work and for what I have achieved within the Swiss design sector

Best previous SDAwardees?

Jeanne-Salomé Rochat, Florian Joye and Florence Tétier for Novembre Magazine and of course Cosima Gadient

Yourself:

simple

Your motivation:

lack of options

Your inspiration:

architecture

A genius:

simplicity