Exhibitions
Criss+Cross
2010
China, Shanghai, Expo 2010, Swiss Pavillon
China, Guangzhou, Academy of Fine Arts
2009
China, Wuxi, Wuxi Museum
China, Nanjing, Nanjing Arts Institute
2008
India, Ahmedabad, National Institute of Design
India, Bangalore, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan
2007
Lausanne, mudac. Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains
2006
Japan, Sagamihara, Joshibi University of Art and Design
Japan, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, Former Building of Hamamatsu Bank Assoc.
2005
Poland, Cieszyn, Designzentrum
Italy, Rome, Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Japan, Tokyo, Akihabara School
2004
Berlin, "DesignMai", im Pfefferberg
Budapest, Karton Galerie
Willisau, Foroom Team by Wellis
Prague, "Designblock", in der Fabrik
Bratislava, Museum Umelecka
Luzern, GWAND Fashion Festival
Baustelle Winterthur - eine StadtLandschaft im Wandel
2009
Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur
Korrektes Wasser
2008
Das Gelbe Haus, Flims
Ausgezeichnet!
2007
Alter Coop, Samedan
2006
Das Gelbe Haus, Flims
Werdende Wahrzeichen
2007
Kunst Meran/o arte (I)
Alter Coop, Samedan
2006
ETH Zurich
2005 - 2006
Das Gelbe Haus, Flims
HR Giger Reloaded
2005
Cabaret Voltaire «Dadahaus», Zurich
Sportdesign
2004 - 2005
Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
Books
Frédéric Dedelley: Design Detective
Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2008
criss + cross. Design from Switzerland. Design en Suisse
small + beautiful. Made in Switzerland
Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Nanchang 2009
La Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne 2007
ichii publishers, Tokio 2005
Werdende Wahrzeichen / Simboli in divenire
Architektur- und Landschaftsprojekte für Graubünden und Südtirol
Architettura e paesaggio. Progetti per i Grigioni e per L’Alto Adige
Springerverlag, Wien 2007
Eidgenössische Förderpreise für Design 2007
Verlag Birkhäuser, 2008
Bauen in Graubünden. Ein Führer zur zeitgenössischen Architektur.
Verlag Hochparterre, 2006
DESIGNsuisse
Verlag: Hochparterre; Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2006
verre et lumière
Galerie Beatrice Lang, Bern 2006
Sportdesign – zwischen Style und Engineering
Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, 2004
Articles
Sonntags Zeitung
Hochparterre
Salz & Pfeffer
Sonntag
Urban Flux
NoMad
I write about design, architecture and related fields both for the trade and for daily and Sunday newspapers. My work has been published in:
Hochparterre
Hochparterre Wettbewerbe
Hotel & Tourismus Revue
Kreislauf 4+5
Mittelland Zeitung
Musik & Theater
NoMad. Guide Zurich and Basel
NZZ
NZZ am Sonntag
Passagen, Pro Helvetia Kulturmagazin
PEN, Japan
Salz & Pfeffer
Soda
Sonntag
Sonntags Zeitung
Terra Grischuna
The Outlook Magazine, China
Urban Flux, China
Werk, bauen und wohnen
Züritipp
Ariana Pradal
About me
Telling stories about design, architecture and related fields is my passion and core competence. The "stories" take shape in written form as articles and books, orally in lectures and guided tours, or three-dimensionally in exhibitions. It is very important to me that thoughts on a specific field are conveyed in a manner that is comprehensible and appealing not only to experts but also to interested laypeople. What I write may be precise and serious; it may also be humorous and tongue-in-cheek.
My work involves the concentrated act of writing as well as stimulating and inspiring debate with professionals working on exhibitions and publications. Unusual and experimental approaches interest me as much as the reliable and responsible execution of a project.
Alongside my reviews, exhibitions and book projects, I do consulting for various cultural and political institutions.
2009
Lecture on Swiss design at the Jingnan University, School of Design in Wuxi, China
2008
Workshops and lectures on design with the designer Frédéric Dedelley at the Srishti School for Art, Design and Technology and the National Institute of Design in Bangalore, India
Since 2007
Courses on copywriting and press kits for members of Form Forum Schweiz
2007-2009
Architecture critic for the newspaper Sonntag
2005-2007
Member of the editorial staff at the journal Werk, Bauen und Wohnen in Zurich
Jury member for foundation and diploma courses at the Institute of Interior Architecture and Scenography at the University of Design and Art in Basel
Since 2004
Freelance curator and writer for various journals and institutes of design, architecture and related fields
2004-2006
Lecturer in Industrial Design at Zurich University of the Arts
2004
Six-month practical training at the Schweizer Wirtschaftsförderung
Location:Switzerland in New York
2003-2005
Column on design for the weekend issue of the Aargauer Zeitung
2002-2003
Intern at Hochparterre, magazine on design and architecture based in Zurich
Various courses at the Swiss School for Journalists in Lucerne
2001
Diploma as Industrial Designer at the Zurich University of the Arts
Contact
Ariana Pradal
Gemeindestrasse 25
8032 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 43 343 91 60
ariana@pradal.ch