Michelle Obama wore Swiss lace. Her beautiful dress is just the beginning of a foray into Swiss design.
Meyer Guggenheim
Fabulously wealthy, several of Meyer Guggenheim's descendants became patrons of the arts, promoting many of the 20th century's most important figures. For many people the Guggenheim name today is associated not with mines, but with museums, which are known as much for their exciting architecture as for the ground-breaking works inside them.
Christian Wassmann
Christian Wassman is what you could consider lucky.
He says most of his current projects are found by being in the right place---at the right time.
Tom Kundig
Tom Kundig's structures resemble haiku: brief in their economy, utilizing the minimum and most immediate of materials to invoke resonance; they have zen capabilities—they bend in the wind, glisten (and rust) in the rain, illuminate with the snow.
The Residence in Washington, D.C.
Think Swiss and you think design. Enjoy a short meditation on the celebrated Swiss Residence in Washington DC designed by Steven Holl and Justin Russli. Written and directed by Onome Ekeh for FeatureZoo.
Nina Egli
At ten, Nina Egli decided she was going to become an actress, and then forgot about it. In the meantime she had circus aspirations—as a tightrope walker. She studied dance, developed her gift for painting..
At twenty, she was randomly asked to be in a movie—playing a fire eating trapeze artist. Somehow all her forgotten childhood ambitions were fulfilled in one fell swoop.
