SF Tagesschau Bericht vom 8. November 2008 über den 12. Designer’s Saturday 2008 in Langenthal, Schweiz. Statements von: Doris Leuthard, Wolfgang Eckerth, Andreas Rickenbacher und Peter Ruckstuhl.

A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his charisma and unyielding energy — and for his brilliant pre-concert talks.

Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership — and he’s been known to do both in a single performance. He uses music to help people open their minds and create joyful harmonies that bring out the best in themselves and their colleagues.

His provocative ideas about leadership are rooted in a partnership with Rosamund Stone Zander, with whom he co-wrote The Art of Possibility.

Zurich-based Alfredo Häberli is one of Switzerland’s most renowned designers. The monograph exhibition at the Museum of Design Zurich presents Häberli’s work for the first time in a museum environment.

The show “SurroundThings” provides an overview of the products and projects he realized for firms such as Alias, Iittala, Kvadrat, Moroso and of course the Salim rug from the Plus 2005 Edtion by Ruckstuhl.

In this conversation with Sabine Trieloff, Alfredo Häberli explains the title of the exhibition “SurroundThings” and talks about his design idols, swiss design history, the influence of his Argentinean background, the kitchen as the soul of a home, why observing is the best way of thinking, and what he would like to design in the future.

Alfredo Häberli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1964. In 1977 he moved with his family to Switzerland, where he studied Industrial Design at the Zurich University of the Arts. Alfredo Häberli received many international award. In 2006 he was guest-of-honour at the 20th Design Biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium.
The exhibition has been curated by Alfredo Häberli, Angeli Sachs, and Moritz Schmid.