I was born in Chur, Switzerland, on June 3, 1983. Due to my father‘s professional assignments our family moved to Singapore, in April 1984, then to Taiwan in 1987, and returned to Switzerland in August 1992. Hence, I grew up bilingually in English and German. I got schooling at the Taipei American School from kindergarten up to 3rd grade. These years in Asia opened my mind to other cultures, widened my horizons and were an invaluable experience. Back in Switzerland, I attended public school and completed secondary school in 1999. In accordance with my passion for drawing and my interest in art, I then attended the one-year prerequisite course for art schools at SBW School in Romanshorn.
To get a well-rounded knowledge for industrial products and technology, my next step was a 4-year apprenticeship as a technical designer at AZW Winterthur. The first 2 years were full-time schooling, with a 12-month mechanical workshop internship followed by a 2 year industrial placement with Zimmer Orthopaedics. I graduated both as certified technical designer and with college entrance requirements (Berufsmatura).
I received my Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design from the University of Applied Sciences North-western Switzerland in the summer of 2008. During the 3 year study in Aarau I worked as tutor of photography at the university and managed to get some freelance design jobs on the side for companies such as Mammut Sports Group AG and Kuhn Rikon AG.
After graduating I decided to try my luck abroad and got a job at The Alloy, an industrial design consultancy based in Farnham, Surrey. After 6 months working on small projects for different clients I joined the British Telecom team. There I started working on baby monitors and telephones all across BT‘s portfolio, gaining responsibility with every project. The time at The Alloy was a valuable experience working in a team with some great people.
In June 2010 I left the UK to travel the world. We visited 10 countries in 7 months before returning back to Switzerland in Feb 2011.
