Michel Charlot

Michel Charlot is a Swiss industrial designer born in lausanne (1984). After graduating from the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne in Switzerland in 2009, he worked for Jasper Morrison ltd in Paris, London and Tokyo. In 2011, he set up his own practice, and started developing products for companies such as Vitra, Belux, kettal and Muji. He has been collaborating with Vitra since 2013 He aims at creating intuitive products in a constant quest for efficiency in conception, production and design.

Since january 2013 he has been teaching in industrial design at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, Japan. In the same year, U-turn, first product designed with Belux, was awarded with the “Design Preis Schweiz”  and "Swiss Design Award" which are the most prestigious swiss design award given to industrial products.