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IF DESIGN AWARD, 2024

Charles O. Job was group leader and of 132 international judges of the IF DESIGN AWARD 2024. With 11,000 entries from 56 Countries, the 2024 edition marked 70 years of IF Design.

DESIGN WEEK LAGOS 2023

Charles O. Job was appointed curator and one of the keynote speakers of the design section of Design Week Lagos, 2023. Tasked with selecting promising design talent to be included in the Exhibition.

SIT DESIGN AWARDS, 2023

Charles O. Job was Keynote Speaker, and one of the laureates at the SIT DESIGN AWARDS ceremony held at the KKL Luzern. Switzerland.

ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN COUNCIL. INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS GLOBAL GALA 23

Charles O. Job was one  of 6 Laureats of  International Design Competitions and Guest speakers at the Asia Pacific Design Council (APDC) International Design Awards Gala Global Forum 2023, which took place  between the 16th. - 19th. July in Beijing & Shijianzhuang city.

Speakers included:-

Charles O. Job. Winner SIT 2020-

Michael Sae. Winner DNA 2021 -

Kris Lin.  Winner DNA 2021 -

Larry Wen.  Winner IDA 2020- Poyang Chu.  Winner IDA 2020-

C. A Lin.  Winner AMP 2019

Beijing & Shijianzhuang city. 2023

RABAT DESIGN WEEK 2023

Charles O. Job was one of the speakers during the innaugration of the first Rabat Design Week under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on 10-12 May. Invited by the curator Hicham Lahlou.

Other Speakers Included:

Mugendi Kanampiu M’RITHAA, WDO Senator (Kenya)

Bertrand Derome, Managing Director WDO (Canada)

Anne Asensio, Board Member WDO and VP Dassault Systemes (France)

Alon Razgour, Professor Witzo - University of Haifa (Israel)

Pier Paolo Peruccio, Board Member WDO and Professor Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

Samir Bennis, Director General TRAREM (Morocco)

Selma Lazrak, Designer and Architect (Germany, Morocco)

NEW YORK TIMES, DESIGN.

Charles O. Job was one of the featured Designers in the reportage

“Nine Furniture Designers from Across the African Diaspora”

Curated by designer Jomo Tariku, his choices ranged across generations, styles, materials and geographical points in the African diaspora. Many of the designers have not received formal training. What they have in common, he said, is a powerful and inspiring spirit of self-fulfillment.

Andile Dyalvane. Cape Town. South Africa

BOA, OI Studio.  Los Angeles. USA

Cheryl Riley.  USA

Hamed Ouattara.  Burkina Faso

Jean Servais Somain.  Ivory Coast

Mimi Shodeinde.  Great Britain

Paul Jeffrey.  USA

Michael Puryear. New York. USA

FLIP

FLIP is an ultra-slim, wall mounted, storage compartment that fold down to reveal a foldaway writing desk. It was launched during the Dutch Design Week 2022 by VIJ5.

October 2022

DESIGN WEEK LAGOS

Charles O. Job is one of the exhibitors at the Design Week Lagos 2022.

October 2022

D&AD AWARDS 2022

Charles O. Job is one of the international Judges of the D&AD Awards 2022 in the spatial Design category

SIT FURNITURE DESIGN AWARD 2022

Charles O. Job was one of the international judges of the SIT furniture Design Award

Art'EXPO MOROCCO 2022 IN PARIS

Charles O. Job, was one of the designers invited to take part in the Art’Expo Morocco in Paris under the title of living together and diversity.

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2021

Charles O. Job was Jury member of the World Architecture Festival 2021, in the category INSIDE with Tetsuya Metsumoto and Heather Dodd.

October 2021

SIT AWARD WINNER

SKETCH armchair by Charles O. Job is SIT 2020 AWARDS winner in the Category Armchair

TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2021

Charles O. Job was on the Jury of  the Working Drawings Award section, of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Prize with Leonie Bell & Paul Finch.

 

September 2021 

BENCH & BED (B&B)

charles o. job’s contribution to the Design Biennale Zurich. A Bench that transforms into a Bed (shelter), financed with the advertising generated by the Billboard at the back of the structure. It is not an answer to the problem of Homelessness. It is a vision for a caring society. On show at the Old Botanic Gardens from the 12th. of August.

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aug. 2021

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM

SKETCH designed by Charles O. Job has been selected to join the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum.

May 2021

FURNITURE FOR LILLE. WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2020

vis-a-vis by charles o. job is selected as public seating for the world design capital in 2020, the city of Lille in the north of france.

D&AD AWARDS 2020

charles o. job is one of eight international judges in the Spatial Design category of the 2020 D&AD Awards. D&AD Pencil has been the world’s beacon for creative excellence since 1962. Due to the global pandemic, 260 judges virtually convened to discuss, debate and award the best work from 20,000 entries to be awarded D&AD Pencils.

iF DESIGN AWARD 2020

charles o. job is one of 78 independent and international jurors of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2020 in Hamburg, Germany. judging 7,300 design entries from 56 countries.

feb. 2020

PECHA KUCHA AT TEO JAKOB, GENEVA

charles o. job is one of a selection of swiss designers presenting their work on the ocassion of the design days in Geneva, hosted by Teo Jakob and Espaces Contemporains

oct. 2019

3 DAYS OF DESIGN 2019, COPENHAGEN

charles o. job is the curator of the 3 Days of Design at the residency of the Swiss Embassy in Copenhagen

copenhaghen 2019

Q&A RAPID URBANISATION IN AFRICA & BRAZIL

charles o. job is one of the panel discussing the theme of rapid urbanisation in Africa & Brasil, on the occasion of the Architekturfilmtage,

zürich 2018.

EXHIBITION DESIGN TURKEY 2018

Charles O. Job, Cécile Hummel and Axel Gampp, led a Summer School to Istanbul. The students worked with Gorbon Tiles to design and produce their own ceramic Tiles. The results of this exploration were on display at the Istanbul Design Week, 2018, in collaboration with 700DCC, Istanbul (Sinem Kocayas, and Cihan Sirolu)

nov. 2018

DESIGNER'S SATURDAY

Charles O. Job with Satyendra Pakhale at Designer’s Saturday, in Langenthal.

nov. 2018

TALKING DESIGN INNOVATION

charles o. job is one of the chosen designers in the series of conversations by Panerei about Design with Designers. 

nov. 2018

DESIGN TALK SPÄTI & DESIGNGUT

Monika Schärer, in conversation with Charles O. Job, Alfredo Häberli/Designer, Nadja Stäubli/Schönstaub, Anna Meier/enSoie

nov. 2018

MANOLO

manolo by charles o. job was among the products showcased by Africabydesign at this year’s Design Junction in London.

sept. 2018

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DESIGN TURKEY AWARDS 2018

charles o. job is one of the international jury evaluating the entries for Design Turkey industrial design Awards 2018. The award scheme is organized with the collaboration of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and the Industrial Designers’ Society of Turkey (ETMK)

AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA: Rising Design / Design Emergente

charles o. job with marva griffin and hicham lahlou at the opening of the exhibition at the salone satellite, during milan design week 2018. the exhibition showcased a selection of designers from africa curated by hicham lahlou & latin America curated by fernando and humberto campana.

apr. 2018

FINALISTS SWISS PAVILION

“no man is an island” shared resources by team PACK was one of the five selected finalist projects in the competition for the swiss pavilion for the architecture biennale 2018 in venice. team PACK: corina ebeling / cornelia faist / brigitte lampert / katharina hofer / Charles O. Job

jun. 2018

JURY, IF Design Awards

charles o. job is one of 63 international jurors who convened to pick the winners of the if design award 2018 from 6,402 entries in Hamburg germany.

feb. 2018

THREE EASY PIECES

the armchair thee easy pieces by charles o. job is one of 5 finalists for the Design award FDA in Singapore

dec. 2017

Neue Räume Exhibition

charles o. job is one of eight established Swiss designers in a group exhibition with aurel aebi, jörg boner, alfredo häberli, stephan hürlemann, moritz schmid, this weber and stefan zwicky at the neue räume design exhibition 2017.

nov. 2017

DESIGNERS' TALK 2017

in the run-up to a group exhibition at the neue räume furniture design exhibition, established swiss designers convened to discuss current trends and future challenges facing «swiss design». the interviews included aurel aebi, jörg boner, alfredo häberli, stephan hürlemann, Charles O. Job, moritz schmid, this weber and stefan zwicky.

nov. 2017

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HOLZPIXEL

holzpixel designed by charles o. job & andrea grasser for the berne university of applied sciences (bfh) was awarded the silver medal at designers saturday, 2016 in langental.

nov. 2016