Philipp Gilgen was born in Casablanca in 1976.
1993-1997 Apprenticeship as architectural draftsman, Basel.
1997-2004 Professional swimmer and member of the Swiss Olympic Team Sydney 2000.
2004-2008 Industrial Design, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Aarau.
2006/07 Internship at Fuseproject & Yves Behar in San Francisco.
Since 2008 Industrial Designer at NOSE, Zuerich, Switzerland.
AWARDS
2009 / Swiss Design Grants 2009, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland, URBAN BIKE HELMET
2008 / Award for Design and Technical Innovation, Madrid Fusion, Spain, COO.BOO - The Digital Cookbook
2007 / iF concept award product 2007, iF International Forum Design, Germany, COO.BOO - The Digital Cookbook
2006 / Moebelform - Swiss furniture design competition, Irniger AG / Form + Wohnen, Switzerland, NIMM - Wall Dispenser for Socks and Underwear
SELECTED PRESS
FORM (DE) / January/February 2009, "In Schale" p.21
VOLKSWAGEN MAGAZIN (DE) / January 2008, "Kelle mit Koepfchen" p.79
RESTAURANT BUSINESS (US) / No. 107, January 2008, "The digital cookbook" p.27
WOHNREVUE (CH) / No. 8, August 2007, "Kochen" p.26
MOOD (FR) / No. 5, Spring/Summer 2007, "Livre de Recettes Digital" p. 28
URBIS (NZ) / Issue 37, April/May 2007, "coo.boo" p.136
FORM (DE) / No. 214, April 2007, "Digitale Kuechenhilfe" p.18
PERSPECTIVE (HK) / No. 4, April 2007 "Hand-held Help" p.16
BRITISH AIRWAYS "BUSINESS LIFE" (GB) / April 2007, "Digital Dinners" p.16
HOCHPARTERRE (CH) / No. 4, April 2007, "Nach Rezept" p.12
PLUGGED (DE) / No. 2, February 2007, "Haeusliche Intelligenz" p.54-55
SELECTED BOOKS
PRIX FEDERAL DE DESIGN (CH) / October 2009, ISBN 978-3-0346-0113-9, "Urban Bike Helmet" p.53
UNIVERSAL DESIGN (CH) / August 2008, ISBN 978-3-7643-8717-4, "coo.boo - Digital Cookbook" p.121
TOYS FOR GIRLS (BE) / October 2007, ISBN 978-90-76886-49-7, "Digital Cookbook coo.boo" p.374
iF YEARBOOK 2007 (DE) / March 2007, ISBN 13: 978-3-7643-7998-8, "coo.boo" p.883