Ubald Klug

Ubald Klug was born in St. Gallen in 1932. From 1952 to 1955 he trained as an interior designer with Willy Guhl at the Kunstgewerbeschule. After working in Zurich and Helsinki, in 1958 he joined the sculptor François Stahly in Paris for three years and attended Jean Prouvé's lessons twice a semester. Before settling permanently in Paris in 1966, he was the technical director of a company producing sanitary ware and kitchens in Bern. After a few years as a designer in the Mafia agency, Ubald Klug started his own business as an architect and interior designer in 1972. Ubald Klug's activities in the field of interior design include work for exhibitions, trade fair stands, showrooms, shops and restaurants in France, Germany and Switzerland. He has designed products for the furniture, watch, textile, glass and ceramic industries. For his work Ubald Klug has received several internationally prestigious design awards, including the International Design Award of the State of Baden-Württemberg and the Swiss Design Prize. He was also awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and the Industrie Forum Design Hannover (Top 10, 1998).