Simon Husslein develops immersive installations, spatial designs, and
products. He teaches and undertakes brand consultancy. Husslein
studied industrial design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences 
and completed his master’s degree at the Royal College of Art in London.
He has realised projects in Zurich, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai and
given lectures at various universities. He worked very closely with
Hannes Wettstein and later shaped the work of Studio Hannes Wettstein
as Creative Director and member of the board. In 2015, he founded
Atelier Simon Husslein. Since 2017, he is a professor of Interior
Architecture at Geneva University of Art and Design, HEAD – Genève. 
In 2023, he co-founded BEYOND.PLACE, a laboratory that creates
pioneering VR environments for spatial computing.

ATELIER SIMON HUSSLEIN 

KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH | MR installation | Mercedes-Benz | 2024
MEET ME BEYOND | MR installation | DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH | 2024
ILLUSION | VR installation | BEYOND.PLACE | 2024
FRANZ KAFKA | exhibition | Strauhof | 2024
ALCHEMY OF ATMOSPHERES | VR installation | HEAD – Genève | 2024
OFFICE & CHANDELIER | SiR MaRY | 2023
IMMERSIVE WORLDS | BEYOND.PLACE | 2023
ART EXHIBITION | Werkschau & Haus Konstruktiv | 2023
THE OTHER HOME | VR installation | HEAD – Genève | 2023
COLLECTION | Schreinerei Zürcher Eingliederung | 2023
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOWROOM | VR installation | HEAD – Genève | 2022
GALLERY X ARCHIVE | interior architecture | Fotostiftung Schweiz | 2022
CONTINUUM | NFT watch | Beyer Chronometrie & FTSY8 | 2022
LISTENING SCULPTURE | United Nations & HEAD – Genève | 2022
ART EXHIBITION | Werkschau & Haus Konstruktiv | 2022
WORK AND INNOVATION | VR installation | HES-SO Genève | 2022
HEAD STORE | interior architecture | HEAD – Genève | 2022
MIRR | chair | Lucas Schnaidt | 2021
ONN | table | Lucas Schnaidt | 2021
ARTISTIC DIRECTION  | Lucas Schnaidt | 2015 - 2021
REFUGE TONNEAU 21 | pavillon | HEAD – Genève | 2021
ART EXHIBITION | Werkschau & Haus Konstruktiv | 2021
BEYOND MEMORY | VR installation | HEAD – Genève | 2021
CHANDELIER | light installation | The Circle | 2020
ART EXHIBITION | Werkschau & Haus Konstruktiv | 2020
IM FLUSS | exhibition | Forum Schlossplatz | 2020
NEON | light installation | Modissa Beauty Stories | 2020
HANNES BINDER | exhibition | Strauhof | 2020
SPACE DUALITY | exhibition | HEAD – Genève & USM | 2019
OFFICES & CUSTOMIZED FURNITURE | SiR MaRY | 2019
CHANDELIER | light installation | Zauberwald Lenzerheide | 2019
STUDIO APARTMENTS | interior architecture | Schiff 70 | 2019
SEEING SIMON | exhibition | ASH | 2019
HEAD X BUCHERER | exhibition | HEAD – Genève & Bucherer | 2019
BÓLIDO BLACK EDITION | watch | Bólido | 2018
DESIGNERS’ SATURDAY EXHIBITION | Fjordfiesta | 2018
STAGE DESIGN | Museumsgesellschaft & Literaturhaus Zurich | 2018
DAS WORT | exhibition | Strauhof | 2018
KUGELTRAUM | light installation | Zauberwald Lenzerheide | 2018
IN MY HEAD | exhibition | HEAD – Genève | 2018
CREATIVE DIRECTION | various projects | melt. | 2017
BÓLIDO WATCHES | watch | Bólido | 2017
BRAND BOX | exhibition | Dornbracht & Alape | 2017
BUBBLE CLOUDS | exhibition | Dornbracht & Alape | 2016
FRIEDRICH GLAUSER | exhibition | Strauhof | 2016
FOYER DESIGN | Fotomuseum Winterthur & Fotostiftung Schweiz | 2016
WATCH DISPLAY | Nomos Glashütte | 2015
SEEING SIMON | exhibition | Galerie marcoliver | 2015

STUDIO HANNES WETTSTEIN

MINIMATIK | watch | Nomos Glashütte | 2015
GULLIVER’S EYE | OLED light | FHNW | 2015
WILLIAM | chairs & sofa | Wittmann | 2014
ARTHUR | tables | Wittmann | 2014
ADELE | beds | Wittmann | 2014
ROMEO & JULIA | bedside tables | Wittmann | 2014
CAVE CREATURES | exhibition | horgenglarus | 2014
FLY, FORMPARK, FLY! | exhibition | Bauwerk Parkett | 2014
BEAUTIFUL WHITE WORLD | exhibition | Bauknecht | 2014
KLIO | chair | horgenglarus | 2014
FORMPARK | parquet | Bauwerk Parkett | 2014
TIME TUNNEL | exhibition | horgenglarus | 2014
IMM COLOGNE EXHIBITION | horgenglarus | 2014
SAVOY FOUR-LEG BASE | table | horgenglarus | 2014
REVERSI ‘14 | sofa | Molteni & C | 2014
LAMBDA | watch case | Nomos Glashütte | 2013
LUX | watch case | Nomos Glashütte | 2013
FORMPARK SHOWROOM | Bauwerk Parkett | 2013
DINING & WORK TABLES | private commission | 2013
SHOWROOM AND OFFICES | Glaeser & Wogg | 2013
POS EXHIBITION | Sky-Frame | 2013
TUBES | lamp | Foscarini | 2013
IMM COLOGNE EXHIBITION | horgenglarus | 2013
ICON | chair | horgenglarus | 2012
SAVOY | table | horgenglarus | 2012
ART DIRECTION | horgenglarus | 2008 – 2012
KASSENSTURZ | TV studio | SRF | 2012
A SKY FULL OF MUSIC BOXES | exhibition | horgenglarus | 2012
NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON | exhibition | Sky-Frame | 2012
PURZELHÄUSER | exhibition | Bauwerk Parkett | 2012
SHOWROOM STILHAUS | Sky-Frame | 2012
OFFICE FURNITURE | Unifor | 2012
IMM COLOGNE EXHIBITION | horgenglarus | 2012
EJ 400-B APOLUNA BOX | sofa | Eric Jørgensen | 2012
BN0095 | watch | Braun | 2012
BN0106 | watch | Braun | 2011
EJ 400 APOLUNA | sofa | Eric Jørgensen | 2011
SPARC MGS | watch | Ventura | 2011
V-TEC ALPHA II | watch | Ventura | 2011
NEXT BASIC | sideboard | Pallucco | 2011
SHOWROOM INSTALLATION | Bauwerk Parkett | 2011
HANNES WETTSTEIN EXHIBITION | gta & ETH | 2011
SHOP EXHIBITION | Nomos Glashütte | 2011
CHANDELIER PRIME TOWER | Gigon/Guyer & SPS | 2011
CHANDELIER PLATFORM | Gigon/Guyer & EY | 2011
GRAVESTONE | Hannes Wettstein | 2011
SEEKING ARCHETYPES | book | Lars Müller Publishers | 2011
FURNITURE’S SONGS | exhibition | Teo Jakob | 2010
THE SOUND OF OAK | exhibition | Bauwerk Parkett | 2010
AWARD FOR MARKETING AND ARCHITECTURE | Baukoma | 2010
HANNES WETTSTEIN EXHIBITION | Istituto Svizzero di Roma | 2009
NEUE RÄUME EXHIBITION | Nomos Glashütte & SHW | 2009
DESIGNERS’ SATURDAY EXHIBITION | Eric Jørgensen | 2008
AUTUMNAL FOREST | exhibition | horgenglarus | 2008

CONCEPTUAL WORK

LIVING HOUSE | light installation | Shanghai | 2008
TUBELIGHT | light installation | Shanghai | 2007
THE EVIL TWINS | installation with Container | London | 2007
NEST ONE | light installation | Burgundy, France | 2007
SUN THREE | sundial | London | 2007
RINGLIGHT | chandelier | London | 2007
WARP | timepiece | London & Lancaster, UK | 2006
HAUNTED HOUSE | installation with Container | Hamburg | 2006
RECORD PLAYER | video prop | London | 2006

TEACHING

Professor | Interior Architecture | HEAD – Genève | since 2017
Mentor | Masterstudio Design | FHNW Basel | 2016 & 2021
Guest Lecturer | Interior Architecture | HEAD – Genève | 2015-2017
Guest Lecturer | Industrial Design | ZHDK Zurich | 2015
Guest Lecturer | Master of Arts in Design | HSLU Luzern | 2015
Guest Lecturer | Industrial Design | FHNW Basel | 2015
Guest Lecturer | Masterstudio Design | FHNW Basel | 2014-2015
Guest Lecturer | Industrial Design | Tongji University Shanghai | 2007-2008
Selected Talks | East China Normal University Shanghai | FHNW Aarau |
Tokyo Zokei University | Hochschule Darmstadt

CONTACT

Atelier Simon Husslein
Schönbühlstrasse 6 | 8032 Zürich | Switzerland
T +41 78 310 10 30 | happy@husslein.net | www.husslein.net

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