Constantinos Hoursoglou

Constantinos Hoursoglou was born in Athens, Greece and currently lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied Industrial Design in the UK and received his Masters from the Royal College of Art. He has worked for Minalle Tatersfield in London, in New York for Ayse Birsel, and for Karim Rashid as a Design Director for clients such as Sony, Prada, Issey Miyake, Tommy Hilfiger and Guzzini.

In 2002 he opened his own design studio, called “chd industrial & product design”, in Athens, and since September 2007 he has been based in Geneva, providing comprehensive services to clients on projects ranging from graphic and exhibition design to product design & development. His work has been featured in international publications such as Young European Designers, Product Design Now and Star Industrial Designers, and he has received wide exposure in the Greek and international press (Interni, Area, Domus, Vogue, ID magazine, among others).

He has taught at the Product and Systems Design Department of the University of Aegean from September 2002 to July 2006 as well as AKTO for several years.

Among his design awards are a Red Dot in 2011 and twice the Walker of Tomorrow award from Johnnie Walker.