Christoph Wimmer-Ruelland
He/Him/His
Designer / Art Director
Christoph Wimmer-Ruelland (birth. 1997) is an Austrian-Canadian industrial designer based in Vienna and Eindhoven. Decoupling objects from their usual areas of use is one of the core aspects of his work. In it, it's not just about creating new products and objects, but rather about re-evaluating existing conventions and responding to changing influences.
📖 Formation
2023 (September)-today: Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), Contextual design MA
2023 (March): Best Newcomer Award (winner), Falstaff Living Design Guide
2022 (June): Diploma Mag.des.ind. - University of applied arts Vienna
2021 (November)-2023 (August): Production designer and assistant to the artistic and curatorial direction, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2020-2022: Student-assistant and Student representative at the department Industrial Design 1 at the University of applied arts Vienna
2021: Curator and head of projects Andere brauchen Ihren Sitzplatz vielleicht notwendiger & L’orage est parti, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
Since May 2021: Part of the studio-group Design in Gesellschaft (DING)
2020 (July-August): assistance to Christian Ruschitzka for his Hochsommer exhibitions in South Burgenland
2019-2020: Exchange program at ECAL (Industrial design class with Wieki Somers & Michel Charlot), Lausanne, Switzerland
2019: Pre-diploma (Bachelor) - Industrial Design 1
2016-2022: University of applied arts Vienna - Industrial Design 1
2015-2016: Austrian civil service: Verein mulitikulturelles Netzwerk
2015: Baccalauréat Série S + Österreichische Zentralmatura
2003-2015: Lycée Français de Vienne
👀 Exhibitions
( * curation and concept of exhibitions)
2023: WATER LILLY GROWING, MILES OF SHALLOW, Watertower Favoriten, Vienna
2023*: DATE DING, Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2023: KUNSTRASEN, MAK - Museum of applied arts, Vienna
2023: Collectible Fair, Curated Section 23 What is your story?, Brussels
2022*: BOXING DAY, Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2022: As Seen By, RIMOWA, Berlin
2022: FOKUS: ORNAMENT, Vienna Design Week Festival headquarters in the Gewölbe, Vienna
2022*: Vienna Design Week 22, DING DONG at Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2022*: MAK MENU, MAK - Museum of applied arts, Vienna
2022: Angewandte Festival 22, Vienna
2022*: Weltmaschine, Kunstraum Zirkusgasse 38 (New Bar), Vienna
2022: BLACK PAGES 01-100, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2021*: Ding market, Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2021*: L’orage est parti, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2021*: Vienna Design Week 21, Offene Gesellschaft at Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2021*: Andere brauchen Ihren Sitzplatz vielleicht notwendiger, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2021*: Angewandte Festival 21, Vienna
2020: Angewandte Festival 20, Vienna
2019: Angewandte Festival 19, Vienna
2019: Vote,Vote,Vote! - Volkskundemuseum, Vienna
2019: Show Modeklasse 19, Vienna
2019: Offshore Framing - Take Festival, Sophienspital, Vienna
2019: Declared, a call for action (shortlist) - Galerie Rauminhalt, Vienna
2018: Essence 18 - Jahresausstellung Die Angewandte 18, Vienna
🪜 Exhibitions as production designer and assistant to the artistic and curatorial direction at fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space
2023: Ján Mančuška, Incomplete Movement, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2023: Liesl Raff, Liaison, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2023: WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT, Jeremy Deller Prints and Posters 1993-2023, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2022: Vadim Fishkin - The Island of the Day Before, FJK3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2022: BLACK PAGES 01-100, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
2021: I – in/finito, fjk3 - Contemporary Art Space, Vienna
🗞 Publications/Press/Awards
"NEW FACES: HETEROGENES KOLLEKTIV" - Falstaff Living, written by Stefan Diez, 20.06.2023
"10 Radical Designers At Collectible Fair 2023 Who Think Outside The Box For A Better Future“, Adorno (Alma Fiala), 26.03.2023
"Seitenblicke" - ORF 2, 22.03.2023
"Collectible, Roca, Kachorovska“, Monocle on Design (Podcast with guest Leo Orta), 14.03.2023
"Falstaff Living AWARD - Best Newcomer (winner)", March 2023
"Falstaff Living - Design Guide" - Falstaff Living, March 2023
"The Collectible design fair offers insects, offcuts and steampunk in Brussels“ - Financial Times, 03.03.2023
""As Seen By"-Ausstellung von Rimowa bei ihrem letzten Stopp in Berlin" - VOGUE (DE), 11.11.2022
"Weltmaschine" - ORF 2, Kulturmontag, 03.11.2022
"FOKUS: ORNAMENT mit Liv Vaisberg“ - Die Presse Schaufenster, 09.09.2022
"L'orage est parti" - KubaParis, 21.09.2022
"Wenn ein Bett zum Sessel wird" - Die Presse, 21.06.2021
"Andere brauchen Ihren Sitzplatz vielleicht notwendiger" - ORF 2, Aktuell nach 5, 19.06.2021
"OFFSHORE FRAMING" - Parnass Magazine, 28.05.2019
"Moon Exhibition" - Forward Festival, 20.05.2019
🎙 Talks
"Es ist alles schon da - Sprechstunde mit Andrea Jungmann, Managing Director Sotheby's Österreich/Ungarn, Senior Director Sotheby's London, und Christoph Wimmer-Ruelland, Industrial Designer" - DNA Club, Wien, 08.06.2022
"ABISVN" - Raum für zeitgenößische Kunst Franz Josefs Kai 3, Wien 29.04.2022