Karl Emilio Pircher

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Karl Emilio Pircher (* 1963 in Bozen ) is an Italian international designer .

Life

Pircher comes from South Tyrol . From 1993 to 2000 he studied product design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in the class of Ron Arad . Since 1995 he has presented his own projects - for example the installation of the entrance portal for the Museum of Modern Art, Bologna. In 1998 Pircher designed a spatial concept for the Vienna Secession on the occasion of the Young Scene exhibition and presented a solo exhibition in the E + Y Gallery in Tokyo.

The first walking chair was created at the same time . Pircher's design ideas combine art and everyday objects. So designed Pircher and his design partner Fidel Peugeot from PET bottles , among other walk-light rooms and wardrobe systems.

For the Lomographic Society Vienna he developed the Lomoclip and the Colorsplash and Supersampler cameras. These Lomo products have been patented as world novelties and have received several design awards. For example: Accent on Design Award 2002 , Design Plus Award 2003, ispo brandnewAward 2004 . With his design studio, Pircher was again the winner of the Berlin Design Award in 2009.

In 2009, Pircher was responsible for the city of Linz , this year's European Capital of Culture , as part of the Linz Capital of Culture project for the design and planning of Kinderpunkt 09 , a feel-good place for children and families to relax.

Karl Emilio Pircher sees himself as an inventor, his motto is: "Good design is innovation."

literature

  • Tulga Beyerle / Karin Hirschberger: Walking Chair . In: Design landscape Austria. 1900-2005. Birkhäuser 2006, ISBN 3-7643-7328-8 , p. 204
  • Peter Stuiber: Between Wittgenstein and Hundertwasser. Anarchically serious: the duo Walking Chair . In: D esign & Vienna. Where the city is in shape. Metro 2007, ISBN 978-3-902517-14-2 , pp. 100-101

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Emilio Pircher ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Entry artist database at www.ifa.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de
  2. ↑ Vita Karl Emilio Pircher  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.walking-chair.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.walking-chair.com  
  3. ↑ Junge Szene 1998 ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Exhibition program 1998 at www.secession.at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.secession.at
  4. ↑ typosonic 2005 ( Memento of the original from January 17th, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of exhibitions by Karl Emilio Pircher under typographers, keyword: Walking Chair @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.typosonic.de
  5. ↑ Walking Chair. Happy Landing exhibition announcement on www.kultur-online.de
  6. ↑ WALKING-CHAIR Happy Landing Exhibition announcement with short portrait on www.lounge-8.com
  7. ^ "Wild" design from Vienna www.orf.at
  8. ↑ PET LIGHT Show  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DMY 2008 Berlin@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sonnencreative.de  
  9. ↑ typosonic 2005 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.typosonic.de
  10. ↑ Design with a leg . Portrait on www.falter.at ( Memento from June 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Berlin Design Awards 2008 ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.pureaustriandesign.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pureaustriandesign.com
  12. ↑ Award ceremony of the DMY Awards 2009 ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.bauhaus.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bauhaus.de
  13. ↑ Kinderpunkt 09 (PDF file; 1.16 MB) Press sheet Linz Capital of Culture
personal data
SURNAME Pircher, Karl Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolzano