Info
We are a Zürich-based interdisciplinary research and design studio.
Our focus lies in investigating materials on-site and exploring their transformative narratives.
Studio Eidola is a Zürich-based interdisciplinary research and design studio, which was founded in 2020 by Denizay Apusoglu and Jonas Kissling, respectively an industrial designer and an architect.
Their hands-on approach aims to re-question conventional ways of doing things from the perspective of ecocentrism. Guided by the own agency of the materials, process-oriented form finding is their method to reach new aesthetic expressions.
In their practice there is a strong emphasis on learning and experimentation with the craft of manufacturing. Their work starts with open-ended investigations into cycles and properties of raw materials, geomorphic processes that shape the landscape and long-standing making cultures; from there it is turned into an object, a space or a manifesto.
Contact
Studio Eidola
Rümlangstrasse 91a
8052 Zürich
Switzerland
mail@studioeidola.ch
+41 79 436 51 50 (DA)
+41 79 400 80 88 (JK)
Exhibitions
15.03-27.05.2023
A city beyond: Rethingking Co-habitation. Löwenbräukunst Areal. (Zürich, CH)
09.-12.03.2023
Collectible 2023. Curated Section “What is your story?”. (Brussels, BE)
12.-28.01.2023
Colors Diskursiv No. 2. Forum Stadtpark. (Graz, AT)
25.10.2022-28.02.2023
CH-IT Exhibition. ADI Design Museum. (Milan, ITA)
02.10.-06.11.2022
Design Without Borders. Budapest Design Week 2022. (Budapest, HU)
16.9.-7.10.2022
Raw Senses. Zürich Design Weeks 2022. (Zürich, CH)
06.-12.06.2022
Design Switzerland Exhibition “How do living spaces evolve to adapt our changing society”. Milan Design Week 2022. (Milan, ITA)
20.-22.05.2022
Collectible 2022. Curated Section “Escapism”. (Brussels, BE)
05.02.-20.03.2022
DesignGalerie@Museum. Gewerbemuseum Winterthur. With Okro Gallery. (Winterthur, CH)
12.04.-30.06.2022
HiFLOW. Métamorphoses de l’espace. Du paysage à la matière. (Geneva, CH)
04.-08.11.2021
Jungdesign. Designgut. (Winterthur, CH)
16.-24.10.2021
BioArt Labs. Dutch Design Week. (Eindhoven, NL)
16.-30.09.2021
Ukurant Perspectives. 3 Days of Design. (Copenhagen, DK)
02.-03.09.2021
Swiss Green Economy Symposium. Exhibition with Pro Helvetia. (Winterthur, CH)
Grants / Awards
04.2023
Jury mention and project development mandate - Lausanne Jardins 24. ( Le jardin des délices métalliques ). Team: Denizay Apusoglu, Jonas Kissling, Stephan Lando, Yuiko Shigeta
11.2021
Best Product Award - Jungdesign: Sustainability and Innovation. (Ocean Articulated)
07.2021
Design Work Grant - Concept. ProHelvetia. (Ocean Articulated)
Lectures / Workshops
18.03.2023
Workshop and Lecture “Form Finding Through the Processes of Nature”. Organized jointly by OKRO Gallery and Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur. (Chur, CH)
02.03.2023
Lecture “Ephemeral Geologies”. Design Art Night 6. (Brussels, BE)
02.09.2022
Workshop “Ocean Articulated” for Zürich School of Design, ZHDK. (Zürich, CH)
30.04.2022
Lecture “Narratives of material transformation”. <<Kein Kino>> - <<New Realities - Diverse Futures>>. Zürich University of the Arts. (Zürich, CH)
12.04.2022
Lecture “Materials for new narratives”. Territoire(s) Designer l’espcae urbain - HiFLOW. (Geneva, CH) Video: Studio Eidola - La matière au service de nouveaux récits.
05.11.2021
Pecha Kucha Presentation / Next Generation im Dialog - Gewerbemuseum. (Winterthur, CH)
14.08.2021
Lecture "Site as a Source" in Architektur im Magazin. (Vienna, AT)
Press
Autumn 2022
DAMN No 83. Stepping into education. Research + Realities. Ocean Articulated.
09.-10.2022
FRAME. InNumbers. Issue 148.
01.09.2022
DesignJournal feature ArkJournal VOLVIII. Material Manipulation.
08.2022
Pillow Talk. Collectible 2022. Anima Ona x Studio Eidola.
15.07.2022
Casa Brutus. Milano Salone & Design Week, what’s the best in 2022.
23.06.2022
Floornature Architecture & Surfaces. Switzerland’s talent for design. Milan Design Week 2022.
08.06.2022
SRF. So geht visionäres Wohnen. «Kulturplatz» besucht im Rahmen der Milan Design Week junge Designschaffende, die Ästhetik mit Nachhaltigkeit verbinden.
06.2022
AW 2023 /24 MIX Magazine issue 67. Colour Hive. Edition Summer 2022. (Ocean Articulated)
06.2022
RAUM UND WOHNEN. Schweizer Designnachwuchs Milan Design Week 2022. Stuhl und Tisch «Ocean Articulated».
06.2022
DesignWanted. 10 must-see exhibitions in the Brera design district, Milan Design Week 2022. Ocean Articulated by Studio Eidola for the Swiss Arts Council Helvetia.
01.2022
Swiss Architects. Raum schaffen für Diskurse. Ausstellung <<DesignGalerie@Museum>> im Gewerbemuseum Winterthur.
12.2021
AW 2023 /24 MIX Magazine issue 66. Colour Hive. Edition december 2021. (Ocean Articulated)
08.2021
Lila Strauss: Future Nostalgia 02, ISSN: 2673-8147, (Ocean Articulated)
11.2020
Wohnrevue. Wachgeküsst. Schweizer Möbel und Design. Ausgabe November 2020. (Vases EIDOLA & VÉGÉTÉ)