Willy Guhl
1930-33Apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker in Schaffhausen.
1934-38Study of interior design at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich (under W. Kienzle)
1939Opens his office as an interior designer in Zurich
1941-51Professor of interior design at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich
1943Founder of the VSI ( Vereinigung Schweizer Innenarchitekten )
1946-48Pioneering work in the research of plastic and ergonomic furniture
1951-80Head of the interior design department at the Kunstgewerbeschule. In this capacity he trained more than 200 designers
1966Founder of the SID
Main creations
1942Dismantled wardrobe in natural wood and paving1946-47First European shell chair
1954Elemental library for Aweso. Beach and garden chair in Eternit for Eternit S.A.
1959Dining room chair 3100 and extension table for Dietiker + Co
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Very large fiber cement basin designed by Willy Guhl in the '50s. Produced by Eternit AG. Old pieces in good con...
This is a first for us, a version of the famous Loop chair that we did not know before. We know a version with a...
Certainly one of the greatest classics of Swiss industrial furniture, this famous chair in cement fiber designed...
Very rare chairs designed in 1963 by Willy Guhl for the Dietiker factory in Stein am Rhein. Frame in walnut-stai...
Rare candlestick. Last creation edited by master Willy Guhl for Wohnbedarf stores in 1996. Stainless steel. Good...
Iconic cabinet designed by Willy Guhl, created after the Second World War in 1942. The raw material is rare in t...
Emblematic cabinet designed by Willy Guhl, created after the Second World War in 1942. Raw material was scarce a...
Rare cement fiber flower pots designed by Willy Guhl in the '50s. Produced a few years by the Swiss manufacturer...
Rare small stool designed by Willy Guhl in 1954 for Wohnhilfe (wohnbedarf). Black lacquered wooden base, turned...
Beautiful and iconic Loop chairs designed by Willy Guhl in 1954 for the fiber cement factory Eternit AG. Old pro...
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Emblematic cabinet designed by Willy Guhl, created after the Second World War in 1942. Raw material was scarce a...
Emblematic cabinet designed by Willy Guhl, created after the Second World War in 1942. Raw material was scarce a...
Beautiful and iconic Loop chairs designed by Willy Guhl in 1954 for the fiber cement factory Eternit AG. Old pro...
Rare candlestick. Last creation edited by master Willy Guhl for Wohnbedarf stores in 1996. Stainless steel. Good...
Rare little table with removable newspaper rack designed by Willy Guhl in 1962 for the Swiss manufacure Perk. Ch...
Beautiful and iconic Loop chair designed by Willy Guhl in 1954 for the fiber cement factory Eternit AG. Old prod...
Rare small stool designed by Willy Guhl in 1954 for Wohnhilfe (wohnbedarf). Black lacquered wooden base, turned...
Rare candlestick with its original box, almost new condition. Last creation edited by master Willy Guhl for Wohn...