Exhibitions
101 x woman. Life Stories from the Mountains
2. March – 24. October 2021
Das Gelbe Haus Flims
www.dasgelbehausflims.ch
Welcome on Board
22. December 2019 – 13. April 2020
Das Gelbe Haus Flims
www.dasgelbehausflims.ch
The Weather
12. January – 21. May 2017
Swiss National Museum:
Landesmuseum Zürich
www.nationalmuseum.ch
gelb!
Die Ausstellung einer Farbe
27. December 2015 – 10. April 2016
26. June 2016 – 23. October 2016
Das Gelbe Haus Flims
www.dasgelbehausflims.ch
Valle Bavona – ein Tessiner Bergtal wie kein anderes
6. November 2015 – 29. Mai 2016
Heimatschutzzentrum in der Villa Patumbah, Zürich
www.heimatschutzzentrum.ch
Das Wetter
9.05. – 11.10. 2015
Swiss National Museum:
Forum of Swiss History Schwyz
www.nationalmuseum.ch
www.wetter.forumschwyz.ch
Ferien im Weltformat
29.6. - 19.10.2014
Das Gelbe Haus Flims
www.dasgelbehausflims.ch
Baukultur erleben – hautnah!
Permanent Exhibition
Swiss Heritage Society Centre at Villa Patumbah, Zurich
heimatschutzzentrum.ch
Zürich – Kunming
30 Jahre Städtepartnerschaft
6.10.12-11.11.12
Museum Bärengasse, Zürich
www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kunming
criss + cross
2011
Südkorea, Seoul, Korea University Museum
Südkorea, Busan, Busan Design Center
Thailand, Thailand Creative & Design Center, Bangkok
2010
China, Shanghai, Expo 2010, Swiss Pavillon
China, Guangzhou, Academy of Fine Arts
2009
China, Wuxi, Wuxi Museum and Jiangnan University
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
3D Paperart
A Sino-Swiss Venture
30.9. – 15.10.2010
Arts & Crafts Museum, Shanghai
20.10. – 20.11.2010
Beida Universität, Shanghai
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
Zeszyty Artystyczne
Zeszyty Artystyczne, 2019
Yearbook Interior Architecture
HSLU, 2019
GKS Architekten
GKS Architekten Generalplaner, 2018
gelb!
Das Gelbe Haus Flims, 2016
Swiss Grand Award for Design
Federal Office of Culture, 2016
Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten
Quart Verlag, Luzern 2015
Young Swiss Design Kaleidoscope
No Mad / Design Preis Schweiz, 2013
Bauen in Graubünden. Ein Architekturführer zu 100 zeitgenössischen Bauten.
Verlag Hochparterre, 2013
criss + cross. Design from Switzerland. Design en Suisse
Ahn graphics ltd, Seoul 2011
Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Nanchang 2009
La Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne 2007
ichii publishers, Tokio 2005
Made for...
Form Forum 2010, Solothurn
Frédéric Dedelley: Design Detective
Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2008
www.lars-mueller-publishers.com
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
Hochparterre
Sonntags Zeitung
Passagen
Architektur + Technik
Werkspuren
Hochparterre
DADI
Sonntags Zeitung
Form Forum Schweiz
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, workshops 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.
Unusual and experimental approaches interest me as much as the reliable and responsible execution of a project.
Since 2021
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Ikea Foundation Switzerland.
Since 2020
Lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein in the Master of Architecture and Spatial Planning
Since 2019
Lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) in the field of interior design.
Mandate for communication at eco-bau, the association of public building owners for sustainable building in Switzerland.
Founding member and board member of Design History Network NDG.
2017
Diploma in Cultural Management SAWI
2016
Experimenter Curators' Hub, Kolkata, India
2015
Exhibition «The weather. Sunshine, lightning and cloudbursts» for the Swiss National Museum.
Workshop on copywriting in collaboration with Design Prize Switzerland and Form Forum Schweiz.
2014
Exhibition «Ferien im Weltformat» for Das Gelbe Haus Flims.
2013
Opening of the permanent exhibition «Baukultur erleben – hautnah!» at the Swiss Heritage Society Centre at Villa Patumbah in Zurich.
Workshop with students of the Zurich University of the Arts.
2012
Different lectures on Swiss design and on Swiss architecture in South Korea.
Workshop with students of the Institute for Fashion Design of the Academy of Art and Design Basel.
Workshop on copywriting and press kits for members of Form Forum Schweiz.
2011
Five-month assignment in the editorial office of the magazine Hochparterre.
Documentation for the SIA Aargau Award 2011.
Lecture on Swiss design at the Thailand Creative & Design Center Bangkok.
Workshop with students of the Zurich University of the Arts.
2010
Appointed by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture for the «Mediation in Art and Architecture award 2010»
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
Rossackerstrasse 17
8047 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 76 343 49 01
ariana@pradal.ch