Isabel Bürgin lives and works in Basel


1981–1985 Textile design at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Switzerland

since 1986 Designs and produces carpets in her own studio

1989 Eidgenössisches Stipendium für Angewandte Kunst, Bern, Switzerland

1992 Eidgenössisches Stipendium für Angewandte Kunst, Bern, Switzerland

1992 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Talentbörse, München, Germany

since 1995 Designs and creates objects, drawings and installations

1995–1998 Designed silk ribbons for florists at Senn & Co. AG, Bandfabrik Basel/Ziefen/St. Louis

1997 Stage and costume design for the dance performance «Herkules ist tot» by Susanne Studinger (idée gamine), performed at the Theater Roxy, Birsfelden (Basel)

1997–2003 Freelancer for Helvetas (Schweizerische Organisation für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, Zürich), designed textiles and products in different materials (wood, paper, glass)

2002–2005 Trained as a colour consultant for architecture and the environment at the IACC (International Association of Colour Consultants) in Salzburg, Austria

2003 Third prize at the Blickfang Design Fair for her stall in Stuttgart, Germany

2003 Exhibition «from Sweden with love...» at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland

2003 First prize at the Blickfang Design Fair for her stall in Zurich, Switzerland

2003 Exhibition «design preis schweiz» at the Kunsthaus Solothurn, Switzerland

2003–2004 Project «flocati» with the Textilwerkstatt des Bürgerspitals Basel (an institution for people with disabilities), developed a new product made of the scraps from her own studio

2003–2005 Summer courses on carpets at the CSIA (Centro Scolastico Per Industrie Artistiche) in Lugano, Switzerland

since 2006 Professor for Design of Textile Products at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany, Department of Product Design

since 2006 Colour concepts for interiors