Wednesdays at 6:30 pm (repeats 7 pm Saturday) Exploring Switzerland’s contemporary culture and creative scenes, every week Jennifer Davies looks at the art, architecture, products and people shaping our everyday lives. Swiss By Design podcast feed Wednesdays at 6:30 pm (repeats 7 pm Saturday) Exploring Switzerland’s contemporary culture and creative scenes, every week Jennifer Davies looks at the art, architecture, products and people shaping our everyday lives. Swiss By Design podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:07 UT Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:15:40 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no In the last show of the season, Jennifer Davies looks back over some highlights with interviews from top designers Alberto Alessi and Alfredo Häberli, architects Herzog and de Meuron and art critic Tim Marlow. If you’re missing a little culture from your life over the summer, she has a guide to the best events all over the country to keep you going until autumn. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-from-alessi-and-hberli-to-herzog-a.shtml?19827 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9827 Programmes/Swiss By Design Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.alessi.com/en/company/history http://www.vitra.com/en-pl/campus/vitrahaus/ http://www.alfredo-haeberli.com/studio/4/2.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197367/ Jennifer Davies discusses the design legacy of Swatch inventor Nicolas Hayek, who died this week. She explores the bond between photographers and their subjects with Lorenzo Castore. She also asks the director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival about what makes “film fantasy” different from “fantastic films”? All this and a preview of the best of the week’s cultural events: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-swatch-subjectivity-and-fantastic-.shtml?19711 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9711 Programmes/Swiss By Design Daily Shows/The Wrap Guides/Events Calendar http://www.swatch.com/ http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/E_welcome.html http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=131 http://www.pasquart.ch/f/photoforum.f/ausstellungsdetail1.f.jsp?ID_Display=10002L http://www.nifff.ch/ Jennifer Davies chases the clouds away with a Swiss design classic. She learns of a project by Kueng Caputo, who aim to solve the public’s design dilemmas and she reveals the alternative art agenda at the Belluard Bollwerk festival in Fribourg. There’s also another round of cultural events for the week ahead. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:30:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-clouds-concepts-and-covert-art.shtml?19605 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9605 Programmes/Swiss By Design Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.wbengros.com/produkte/wolkenlampe/fotos/foto1.html http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/E_welcome.html http://www.deliver-takeaway-ideas.org/ http://www.belluard.ch/en/front_page Jennifer Davies goes to the 41st Annual Art Basel event—now the biggest art fair in the world. She talks to gallerists and curators on preview day to gain an inside perspective on the art scene. All this and a preview of the best of the week’s cultural events. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-art-basel-special.shtml?19496 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9496 Programmes/Swiss By Design Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.art.ch http://www.stampa-galerie.ch/ http://www.whitecube.com/ http://www.baeditions.com/ Jennifer Davies preludes the start of the World Cup this Friday, talking architecture and football stadium finesse with resident expert Inge Beckel. As Zurich’s Langstrasse becomes an urban renewal project, she asks if regeneration really benefits all. All this and a preview of the best of the week’s cultural events. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-football-stadiums-and-zurichs-lang.shtml?19397 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9397 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.baselunited.ch/ http://www.af-z.ch/langstrasseverlaengern http://www.swiss-architects.com/ Jennifer Davies revisits some classic personalities, talking to designer Frédéric Dedelley and also discussing the controversial role of nudity in photography. This week she’s de-mystifying the movement, Art Constructivism. There’s also a round-up of arty events over the coming week in Switzerland. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-nudity-in-photography.shtml?19293 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9293 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.fredericdedelley.ch/biography.php http://www.bryonpaulmccartney.com/biography-credits/ http://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/noflash.htm Jennifer Davies looks at an unusual Swiss Design Classic: the Sicilia lemon and lime juice bottle. And as the MUDAC in Lausanne celebrates its 10th anniversary, she learns how marketing company Trivial Mass Production has been vital to the success of the institution. Plus get a design news update and grab your fix of cultural events for the week ahead. Wed, 26 May 2010 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-a-citrus-classic-and-10-years-of-m.shtml?19204 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9204 Programmes/Swiss By Design Guides/Events Calendar http://www.sicilialemon.com/ http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/E_welcome.html http://www.mudac.ch/exhibitions/currently-showing/ http://www.trivialmass.ch/ Following the news that curator Bice Curiger has been appointed to one of the art world’s biggest posts at the Venice Biennale, Jennifer Davies focuses on Zurich’s Kunsthaus and looks at the institution’s use of YouTube to celebrate its centenary. She also discusses the merits of the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne with Inge Beckel. Wed, 19 May 2010 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-from-the-kunsthaus-to-the-venice-b.shtml?19129 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9129 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.parkettart.com/index3.htm http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc// http://www.kunsthaus.ch/en/ http://www.labiennale.org/en/Home.html http://www.rolexlearningcenter.ch/ Since the infamous Swiss poster “Stop minarets” sold in a major auction in New York, Jennifer Davies examines the impact of its graphic design and the power of this political image in Switzerland and across the world. She talks to the designer of the controversial picture, along with experts from home and abroad. Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-anti-minaret-posters-and-the-power.shtml?19052 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9052 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.postersplease.com/index.php?FAFs=4765900bc6d1372224ad75c26c118927&FAFgo=/Auctions/LotDetail&LotID=20553&sr=135&t=C&ts=&AID=115 http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/collections/poster.html Jennifer Davies looks at how globalization has affected design since the 1970s. She asks why Swiss architects seem to be off the billing when it comes to sustainable architecture, and she learns of a gift from architects in Geneva to the Guggenheim in New York that’s tickling their taste buds. Plus there’s the usual round-up of events for the coming week. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-global-design-plus-heres-one-for-t.shtml?18784 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8784 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/exhibitions/program.html http://www.global-award.org/content.htm http://www.swiss-architects.com/ http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view-now/contemplating-the-void http://www.group8.ch/index2.php Design Jennifer Davies visits Nelson A. Rockefeller’s dining room, designed by Fritz Glarner in 1966 and transported from New York to Zurich. And she asks if graffiti has lost its power now that it’s a mainstay of the art world. She also introduces a new project that aims to convert railway bridges in Basel into a cultural space for creative, as well as the usual arty events update for the week. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-rockefeller-graffiti-and-railways.shtml?18664 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8664 Programmes/Swiss By Design Guides/Events Calendar http://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/flash.htm http://www.speerstra.net/ http://www.richardundhorst.ch Jennifer Davies heads to Zurich’s new “Im Viadukt” area under the railway in the city’s trendy Kreis 5. And she finds out if contemporary Swiss art can really claim to have a national identity. Plus some of the latest news stories in art and architecture, and a round-up of events to book into your diary. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-under-the-zurich-arches.shtml?18593 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8593 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.im-viadukt.ch/ http://www.25hours.ch/ http://www.world-architects.com/index.php?seite=ny_profile_architekten_detail_us&system_id=143343 http://www.global-award.org/content.htm http://www.ville-geneve.ch/mah/index.php?content=5.2.1.1.1.1.&id_eve=724&langue=eng Jennifer Davies visits design god Alfredo Häberli’s studio in Zurich, where she talks to him about his life and career. Then she learns about a project that will see seven artists living in a bus for six months in Australia. More on that as well as arty things to see over Easter. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-alfredo-hberli-and-artists-in-a-sa.shtml?18552 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8552 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.alfredo-haeberli.com/studio/4/2.html http://www.lucasgross.com/ http://www.mobilestudio.org/ Jennifer Davies looks at SAM’s retrospective exhibition, focusing on MOMA’s Italy: The New Domestic Landscape which took place in 1972. She also learns about a new furniture collection by contemporary designers under the Pfister label—one of Switzerland’s oldest high-street home stores. And, of course, there’s the weekly round-up of events from all over the country. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-italian-design-in-the-70s-new-atel.shtml?18456 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8456 Programmes/Swiss By Design Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.sam-basel.org/index.php?page=ece-e http://www.petertlang.net/ http://www.atelierpfister.ch/de-ch/aktuell/save-the-date.html http://www.atelierpfister.ch/de-ch/aktuell.html Jennifer Davies looks at another Swiss Design Classic: the Sigg water bottle. She finds out why design and art rarely communicate, from the curator of the Destroy Design exhibition at the MUDAC in Lausanne and she learns about a Samuel Beckett production in Basel. And grab your regular fix of cultural events from around the country for the week ahead. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:45:03 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-sigg-destroy-design-and-theatre.shtml?18375 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8375 Programmes/Swiss By Design http://www.architekturdialoge.ch/cms/index.php?id=50&L=1 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/culture/swiss-by-design-basels-home-grown-architects.shtml?18186 http://www.sigg.com/ http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/E_welcome.html http://www.mudac.ch/exhibitions/currently-showing/ http://www.theater-basel.ch/spielplan/stueck.cfm?s_nr=4210&simple=yes http://www.theglas.org/ http://garetour.squarespace.com/ http://www.theater-basel.ch/billette/abonnemente/?C=21