Monday, September 14, 2009
Alexander Lotersztain Studio
Alexander Lotersztain was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977, he graduated from Industrial Design at Ort School.
He moved to Australia age 19.
Travel has always being his main source of inspiration.
It was in Australia that he further graduated from the Queensland College of Art, receiving many design awards,including the Design Institute of Australia Prize "Best Design Student".
In Japan at GK Planning & Design in Tokyo he participated in the development of products for clients such as Asahi, Mizuno and others.
At IDEE Headquarters, he developed a range of low furniture including his acclaimed "skid seaters" and softsofa for Sputnik and defied the pre-conceptions of existing industrialized products with his "lightflow" light.
Had participated in international exhibitions with Sputnik,Designers Block London,Tokyo,Milano, New York, San Francisco,Berlin, Moscow and one of his products is part of the design Collection at the Pompidou Museum in Paris.
He currently collaborates with companies around the globe including IDEE-Sputnik/Japan, Planex/Australia, SIGG/Switzerland, COVO/Italy, Ufl/New Zeland, Escofet/Spain, S&G/Australia and InAfrica Foundation as lead design consultant.
Alexander Lotersztain was name one of 100 most influential top designer worldwide in &fork by Phaidon, top "10" most influential faces in Design by Scene Design Quarterly 2007 and top 10 of 100 Young Brightest Australian Achievers Bayer/Bulletin Award.
Has won many awards in both product and interior design and his work has appeared in design journals around the world.
Alexander is also part of the "Smart State Council work group" for the Queensland Government, drafting the Smart State design Strategy 2020.
Latest Interior design projects include: Limes Hotel - Part of designhotels.com the Hotel opened its door in Brisbane on June 2008.
The Studio has overseeing every aspect of interior, image and branding, form bedroom design and layout to glassware for the bar. The derlot range has been specified for interior including custom made objects.Alexander Lotersztain Studio website