About Martino D'Esposito

Swiss and Italian / 1977

Studies

1998 / Arts Graduate / Fine Arts School of Vevey (CH)
1998 / Decorator certificate and diploma / Fine Arts School of Vevey
2002 / Bachelor in product design / University of Art of Lausanne ECAL (CH)
2004 / Master in product design / University of Art of Lausanne

Work experience

Internships in design studios / 1999
Free-lance watch designer / 2000
Industrial design teacher / University of Art of Lausanne ECAL / since 2003
Industrial design teacher / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne EPFL / since 2004
Industrial design teacher / Engineer school of Yverdon (CH) / since 2005
Workshop given with Alexis Georgacopoulos / Coca-Cola Atlanta & ECAL / 2005
Workshop Aibo's Playroom given with Frédéric Kaplan / Sony Aïbo & ECAL / 2006
Workshop Wine Design given with Atelier Oï / Venice University / 2006
Free-lance designer / Lausanne / since 2006

Exhibitions

Earthquake Tables

2001 / Milan / ECAL show / Salone Satellite
2001 / Brussels / Transit / Things to come
2002 / Paris / Swiss Cultural Centre
2003 / Basel / Museum of Natural History / Erdbeben
2003 / Zurich / Museum für Gestaltung / From Sweden with Love
2004 / Dijon / Barnoud Gallery / Swiss Touch
2005 / New York / MoMA / Safe : Design takes on Risk
2007 / Geneva / Musée d'Ethnographie / Scénario Catastrophe

Maracas / Au doigt et à la Baguette / ECAL exhibition

2004 / Milan / Scala / Grand Hôtel et de Milan
2004 / London / Design Museum Tank
2004 / Lièges / Maison des Métiers
2005 / Lausanne (CH) / Mudac
2005 / Omegna (IT) / Fondazione Museo Arti e Industria
2006 / Prague / Rudolfinum

Milk-Bar / Le Botte-cul / ECAL exhibition

2002 / Milan / Swiss Cultural Centre
2002 / London / Victoria & Albert Museum
2002 / Brussels-Courtray / Intérieur 02
2002 / Saint-Etienne / Biennale du Design
2002 / Lausanne / Mudac
2003 / New York / Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Gallery
2003 / Amsterdam / Binnen Gallery
2003 / Biella / Studio Architettura e Design Bocchietto

Drink'Tray / edited product

2001 / La Chaux-de-Fonds / Villa Turque
2004 / Lausanne / Comptoir Suisse
2005 / Shanghaï / MoCA / Swiss Design Now
2005 / Paris / Swiss Cultural Centre / Signes Quotidiens
2006 / Vienna / Design Forum
2006 / Essen / Entry 2006 Expo / Second Skin
2006 / Guangzhou / Guandong Museum of Art / Swiss Design Now
2006 / Beijing / Today Art Museum / Swiss Design Now

Tourbillon / Inout Config 01

2006 / Lausanne / Mudac
2006 / Barcelona / Sala Vinçon
2006 / Saint-Etienne / Biennale de Design
2007 / Hornu (BE) / Grand Hornu Museum
2007 / Vienne / Design Week 2007
2007 / Zurich / Neue Raüme
2008 / San Francisco / American Inst. of Architecture

Double Jeu / collection of products

2007 / Milan / Salone Satellite
2007 / Lausanne / Mudac / Laureates of the Federal Design Award
2008 / Cologne / IMM Köln

Wizkid / Collaboration with F. Kaplan / EPFL

2008 / New York / MoMA / Design and the Elastic Mind

Prizes and distinctions

First Prize / Two Timer Tissot Award / 1996
First Prize for studies / Fine Arts School of Vevey / 1998
Special Prize / Ebel Autour de la Main Award / 2000
First Prize of Schools / Salone Satellite / 2001
Prize for studies Fondinco CVCI / 2004

Publications

Inventeurs et Inventions / Michel Lafon / 2002
Le Livre des Inventions / Michel Lafon / 2004
Design Industriel / ECAL / 2004
The I.D. Forty / I.D. Magazine / 2005
New Talent Design Annual / Graphis / 2006
Safe : Design Takes on Risk / MoMA / 2006
&Fork / Phaidon / 2007
Design and the Elastic Mind / Editions MoMA / 2008
Plastic / maomao Publications / 2008
Laureate of the Swiss Federal Design Award / 2007