Philippe Bestenheider

Philippe Bestenheider has a degree in Architecture from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. From 2001 to 2006 he was Senior Designer in Patricia Urquiola’s office in Milan before the opening of his own studio.He has taught at the Royal College of Art in London, at the Basel FHNW and at the Domus Academy. His projects combine a rational and logical approach with an strong sensibility for shapes and colors. He loves starting his designs from simple yet strong ideas that he develops organically to obtain new solutions that are both familiar and surprising.