Tom Strala

Strala was born as Thomas Michael Schmid [3] in Schaffhausen, Switzerland on April 1, 1974.[4] He received his Master of Architecture degree in 2001 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in Zurich, Switzerland and was granted a scholarship for excellence from the Erich Degen Foundation for his master thesis.[5]

Strala was the jury president for the first Innovation and Design Award (ida) in Zurich, Switzerland in 2007[6] and was a jury member for the Zepter International Design Award in 2013.[7]

Strala avoids industrial and mass production. He designs furniture as an object of utility that does not have to act like a consumer good.[8]

• Chaos (2016), steel standing lamp, powder coated[9]

Tom Strala chaos standing lamp

• Animal Farm NO. 2 (2011–2015), brass and concrete standing lamp[10][11]
• Animal Farm NO. 1 (2011–2014), brass wall lamp[12]
• Lazy Seefelder (2013), chaise longue, nature rattan, chrome steel[13]
• Rocking Seefelder (2011–2013), rocking chair, nature rattan, chrome steel[14]
• Seefelder (2011–2013), nature rattan chair, chrome steel[15][14]
• Schweini die Origamisau (2012), copper object[16]
• Ponte (2012), oak table, white glass[17]
• Calmares 1 & 2 (2010), aluminum ceiling lamp, white coated[18][19]
• Comic 1 & 2 (2009), concrete standing lamp, epoxy[19][12]
• Pompidu 2 (2008), aluminum standing lamp, black coated[20]
• Pompidu 1 (2008), aluminum wall lamp, black coated[12]
• Bartok (2007), concrete, armouring steel table[21][22][19]

Tom Strala bartok table

• Nelumbo (2007), plexiglas wall lamp, satined[12]
• Strala Table (2006), brown oak oiled table[23]
• Kalahario (2005), aluminum chair, black coated, leather[19]
• Kalahari (2005), steel chair, black coated, gas spring, leather[24]
• INCH (2005), steel standing lamp, black coated[25]
• Kalahock (2005), stool, ottoman, aluminium black coated, leather[24]
• TMS 360S (2001–2004), chrome steel standing lamp, white coated, browned steel[26][27][24]
• TMS 90 (2001–2004), chrome steel corner lamp, white coated[28]
• TMS 360K (2001–2004), chrome steel ceiling lamp, white coated[29][24]

Tom Strala TMS 360k lamp

• TMS 180 (2001–2004), chrome steel wall lamp, white coated[12]
• TMS 360G (2001–2004), chrome steel ceiling lamp, white coated[30]

• 2016 Radicality of Banality, Exhibition Galerie P!, Pierre Jeanneret vs Tom Strala, Zürich[31]
• 2015 London Design Festival, 19th Greekstreet, London, UK[32]
• 2015 BRAND NEW WORLD, Salone del Mobile Milano, Italy[33]
• 2015 Design & Art exhibition, FOG, San Francisco, USA[34]
• 2014 Exhibition Art Basel / Design Miami, USA[35]
• 2014 Curated exhibition Dizajn-Park, Belgrad Serbien[36]
• 2014 Solo exhibition, Instituto Svizzero di Milano, Italy[37]
• 2014 Design & Art exhibition, FOG, San Francisco, USA[38][39]
• Since 2013 Design exhibition, The New Black, San Francisco – Design Gallery[40]
• 2011 Design exhibition, ICFF, New York City[41]
• 2002 Group exhibition, Landschaftsarchitekturausstellung, Hamburg, Germany[42]
• 2002 Group exhibition, Architekturfoyer ETH, Zurich, Switzerland[42]

• 2016 Bridging Culture at the HSG Alumni Conference in Davos, Switzerland[43][44]
• 2016 Workshop & talk at FHNW (Fachhochschule Nord-westschweiz), Basel, Switzerland[45]
• 2014 Miami Ironside: Materialized Intelligence at Art Basel / Design Miami, USA[46][47]
• 2014 The Leading Creative Minds of the 21st Century with Massimilian Fuksas, Idis Turato and Christian Kerez at Belgrade Design Week in Belgrade, Serbia[48][36]
• 2013 Guest lecturer at the California College of the Arts, CCA, San Francisco, USA[49][50]

• 2015 Yatzer: Best of Milano Design Week for Bartok and Frankenstein Chair[22]
• 2013 AD Choice – architectural digest, best of architecture and interiors: selected as one of the best 500 furnitures[51]
• 2005 Award European Luminary of the Year for the TMS 360 S (2nd place)[1]
• 2001 Award Erich Degen Foundation[5]

• Official Tom Strala website
• Tom Strala on Designlexikon
• Tom Strala on artsy
• Tom Strala on artnet