Werner Aisslinger

Werner Aisslinger born in Germany, began his career as s a freelancer for large established studios. In 1993 he founded his own studio based in Berlin. He has won the 'Il Compasso d'Oro' award numerous times as well as other major European awards, and is the author of iconic pieces that are part of the permanent collections of MoMa, the Vitra Design Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He is convinced that design should fundamentally be a means for exploring materials and technologies, he focuses on the experimental use of new material elements, such as fibreglass, gel, aluminium foam, neoprene and three-dimensional fabrics. The results of his  research are represented in the Juli swivelling armchair, designed by Aisslinger for Cappellini in numerous versions: Juli Plastic, Juli Comfort and Juli Soft, and by the Hobo Contract sofa. To this day, he continues to ongoing collaborations with Zanotta, Porro and Magisprogetta.