Functional Beauty – Design from Switzerland

About Ariana Pradal

Ariana Pradal has trained as an industrial designer and works as a journalist and curator. She writes and works regularly for various magazines and museums in the field of design and architecture. Her articles, books and exhibitions have been printed and presented in Switzerland and abroad. Ariana Pradal studied industrial design at the Zurich School of Art and Design, (now the Zurich University of the Arts, Zhdk). Today she works as an independent journalist and curator in the areas of design, architecture and related disciplines. Her articles, books and exhibitions have been printed and presented in Switzerland and abroad. In addition she acts as a technical expert advising various cultural and political institutions. In 2010 she was appointed by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture for the “Mediation in Art and Architecture award 2010”.