About Christophe Marchand

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Born in 1965 in Fribourg, married, two children

Education

• Preparatory course at the Zurich school for design
• Cabinet-maker
• Studies at the Higher School for Design Zurich
• Research fellowship and publication at Lars Müller Editions
• Fellowship « appels permanents », « industries francaises de l’ameublement », V.I.A in Paris
• Fellowship « carte blanche », « industries francaises de l’ameublement », V.I.A. Paris

Career

• Founder of the Designatelier „Christophe Marchand Design“, Zürich
• Member of the Gebrüder Thonet GmbH design council, Frankenberg
• Board member of the IKEA-Foundation, Switzerland
• Member of the federal Design Commission
• Board member “Swiss Design Network”

Teaching

Teaching activity

• Professor at the Ecole cantonal de Lausanne (ECAL), Department of industrial design
• Guest professor at the Berlin University of fine arts
• Guest lecturer at the Stuttgart Academy of arts
• Lecturer at the Lausanne federal University of applied science
• Guest lecturer at the Aarau FHNW
• Guest professor at the Halle Burg Giebichenstein Academy of fine arts

Publications

• Co-Author of the research work „Transfer – Erkennen und bewirken“ published by Lars Müller Editions, 1999
• Consultant for the four part publication of „Grundlagen der Gestaltung“ (Basics of design) by André Vladimir Heiz, published bybei Niggli Editions, 2012

References

Clients and partners

Since the founding of his company Christophe Marchand has realised several projects and developed products over most different ranges for many well-known clients.

Expert and juror

• Jury expert for the theses at the Ecole cantonale de Lausanne (ECAL)
• Jury expert for the thesis « national superieur d’expression plastique », Abteilung Design, ecole régional des beaux-arts de St-Etienne
• Jury member of the Designreport Award 2001 in Milan
• Jury member of the Design Prize Zingg-Lamprecht
• Member of the working group Swiss Design Network
• Member of the working group Design Preis Schweiz 2003
• Jury member Award, Hannover
• Jury member IF Product Design Award 2005
• Jury member Departure 2005, 2006, 2007, Wien
• Jury member Design Competition Embru

Awards

• Awarded thesis by the SID (Schweizer Industrial Designer Verband)
• Award for special achievement by the zurich higher school of design
• Tribute Design Award Switzerland
• Red Dot for innovative Design by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen
• Best of Category, IF-Hannover IMM Köln
• Red Dot Award “Best of the Best” by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen
• Best of Neocon 2003, Furniture fair Neocon in Chicago; most innovative chair
• ADEX Award Californien, silver in the category “Contract Furniture”
• Janus de l’industrie, France
• L’observeur 2006, France
• Etoile du design, France
• IF Product Design Award 2010
• Interior Innovation Award – Winner 2012, Kategorie « Best of Best »

Prices and fees

Individual contract model

Christophe Marchand negotiates the amount with each client individually. The agreements are based on given conditions, the type of contract and the amount of work and written records are made. Two kinds of fees are to be differentiated here:

The fee for the performed acts covers all provided services from the beginning of the collaboration to reaching the market-ready product. The scope of performance, goals, fees, payment schedules, dates project management, the team and responsibilities are recorded in the contract. Thus, defining rights and services in advance.

The contingency fee consists of per unit royalty based on the sales price. The granting of exclusive rights of use with right of transfer to third parties (world wide use) are possible and will be recorded on a separate license agreement.