About Estelle Gassmann
The everyday and the precious
Estelle Gassmann is an attentive observer of everyday life. Her design ideas emerge from a curious perspective open to chance and sensitive to even the smallest details. Whether it’s discarded foil wrappers, crushed blossoms on the sidewalk, or preserved seaweed, her process begins with what is often overlooked. This leads to an intuitive design approach where the precise placement of individual elements is just as important as the overall image that unfolds across textiles or ceramics. These compositions reflect the poetry of the everyday and the incidental. They express her interest in unexpected encounters, contrasting materials, atmospheric qualities and the meanings embedded in materiality.
Estelle Gassmann follows two distinct yet connected paths in her work. Bed and table linens as well as tableware are shaped by functional design requirements, while still conveying a strong visual and tactile presence in everyday use. Her ceramic objects and images, by contrast, allow more room for experimentation and unpredictability in the making process. Each piece is shaped by an aesthetic and material encounter that sometimes pushes boundaries.
Estelle Gassmann’s objects and products engage the senses. They bring elements of nature and the garden into interior spaces or present themselves as delicate and quietly striking visual pieces. They have something to say without seeking to dominate their surroundings.
Photo credit: Markus Frietsch
Kontakt
Estelle Gassmann
Atelier & Shop
Neugasse 145b
CH-8005 Zürich
+41 76 423 98 63
essen(at)esteller.ch
Curriculum
*1981 IN SWITZERLAND
since 2006: Lives and works as a designer and artist in Zurich
2007–2012: SiebundBrot – Studio for silkscreen printing with Anna-Katharina Wittmann and Simone Siegfried
2002–2006: Textile Design Studies at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Diploma 2006
Residencies
2018: Residency at Jingdezhen International Studio, Jingdezhen, China
2017: Residency at Vista Alegre Ílhavo Portugal, Porcelana, Cristal desde 1824
2014: Residency at the EKWC European Ceramic Work Centre, s’ Hertogenbosch (NL)
Public Collections
2024 & 2017: Musée Ariana – Musée Suisse de la céramique et du verre Genève
2015: Museum für Gestaltung – Swiss museum for design and visual communication Zurich
2014: Mudac – Musée de design et d‘arts appliqués contemporains Lausanne
2018: Collection Taoxichuan – JAEA International Art Center Jingdezhen/China
Downloads
Portfolio Keramikobjekte Estelle Gassmann
Press (selection)
Swiss Design Estelle Gassmann ESPACES CONTEMPORAINS N°3 2025
Präparierte Zufälle wohnrevue März 2025
Ateliergespräch werkspuren 1/2024
Design mit Algen einrichten schweiz 1/2024
Objekte mit Alltagspoesie RAUM UND WOHNEN 05•06/22
Träume vom Meer SonntagsZeitung 18. April 2021
In die Traumwelt der Algen eintauchen UMBAUEN + RENOVIEREN 3/21
Traumwelten zum Eintauchen DAS IDEALE HEIM NR. 4/21
Algas Marinhas une étude artistique ESPACES CONTEMPORAINS Cahier spécial PERSPECTIVES 2021
Filigrane Wassergewächse Traumhaus März/April 2021
Poesie der Meereslagen spectrooms 01 Februar 2021
Sie bringt das Meer ins Schlafzimmer Limmattaler Zeitung 11.2.2021
Meeresalgen im Bett HOCHPARTERRE 11/20
Wasserwelten zum Träumen wohnrevue 10–20
patches of inspiration wohnrevue 06–20
Lieblingsstück werkspuren Nummer 155, 3/2019
Zwei Monate in Jingdezhen à jour 4/18 www.swissceramics.ch
FRAU HOLLES WELT WOHNREVUE 12/18
Sammlerin und Jaegerin INTERIEUR 06/2018 PERSÖNLICH
Ei Message Stil NZZ am Sonntag 1. April 2018
La relève du design Suisse Le Matin Dimanche 25 Février 2018
Platters Salons Espaces Contemporains Mars-Avril 2018
Zarte Schönheiten SCHÖNER WOHNEN 10/17
Ornaris Bern RAUM UND WOHNEN 11/17
Tresor Basel 2017 www.pamono.com 26.9.2017
Frühlingsgefühle Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin 14/17
Art Aurea 28 2016 formforumMasterpiece am Designers’ Saturday
BILANZhomes 03 2016 Mit Fantasie um die Ecke.
En Vogue Design Schweiz WOHNREVUE 05/16
business TEXTIL-REVUE 15/16
Con le lenzuola Homify 13.2.2016
Neues aus der Schweiz Magazin Z Dezember 2015
Geschenke Stil NZZ am Sonntag 29. November 2015
Lebensart Zentralschweiz am Sonntag, 29. November 2015
Mit Rosen bedacht HP-8-15 im Hochparterre
Schön verwirrend Brigitte 16/2015
Friends
Lina Müller
Illustratorin
Lena Schrieb
Grafik & Illustration
Katharina Lütscher
Fotografie
swissceramics
Verband Schweizer Keramik
www.sundaymorning.ekwc.nl
European Ceramic Work Centre
www.waldexkursionen.com
Diana Soldo. Den Wald entdecken und verstehen.