Werner Aisslinger

Werner Aisslinger (1964-) is one of the great protagonists of 90s design. He founded his studio in Berlin in 1993, after his formative years as a youth, during which he worked in London for Jasper Morrison and Ron Arad and in Milan for Michele De Lucchi. In the very first years of his career, collaborations with important Italian companies immediately opened the doors to success: in 1996 he designed the Endless Shelf modular bookcase system for Porro, destined to become a great bestseller and win numerous awards, while in 1997 the Juli chair designed for Cappellini became the first seat signed by a German designer to be selected in the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York after over thirty years. A more conceptual project dates back to 2003, but it was capable of attracting great attention and interest: the Loftcube mobile living system, exhibited in various prototypes on the roofs of Berlin. In the following years he continued his activity alongside both large Italian brands (such as Moroso and, in the past, Magis and Zanotta) and those from the Swiss and German areas (including Dedon, De Sede, Thonet and Kaldewei).