Serving Tray, Tableware, 2025

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Dimensions: 85 × 550 × 220 mm
Material: Swiss Larch (FSC)
Production: Verein Zürcher Eingliederung

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Tip Stool, Furniture, 2025

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Adjustable Seat Height: 480–750 mm
Dimensions: W 440 mm × D 150 mm
Weight: 6.5 kg

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Candle Bowls, Accessories, 2025

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01, Diameter 200mm, Height 57mm

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02, 200 × 200mm, Height 87mm

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03, Diameter 260mm, Height 107mm

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04, 440 × 260mm, Height 87mm

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Dimensions: Various Sizes
Material: Quartz Sand
Production: Eisengiesserei Mezger, Kallnach

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Peek-a-Boo, Furniture, 2025

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Dimensions: 590 × 400 × 350 mm
Weight: 15 kg
Material: Powder-coated steel
Production: Prototype

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Allmend Chair, Furniture, 2024

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Dimensions: 780 × 480 × 490 mm
Material: Beech (FSC)
Production: Verein Zürcher Eingliederung, Zurich
Images: Marie-Christine Gerber
Support: Ikea Foundation Switzerland

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Nutmeg Mill, Tableware, 2024

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Dimensions: 215mm, ⌀ 60mm
Material: Anodized Aluminum
Production: Prototype

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Fold, Furniture, 2023

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Anodized Shoe Shelf, 450 × 1000 × 290 mm

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Anodized Bookshelf, 1000 × 1000 × 290 mm

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Typology: Shoe Shelf, Book Shelf, Bench
Dimensions: 450 × 1000 × 290 mm
Material: Anodized Aluminum
Production: Various Suppliers in Switzerland

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Intuition and Composition, Workshop, 2022

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Dimensions: 297 × 210 mm
Material: Publication with Adhesive Binding
Print: Limited Edition 
Graphic Design: Data-Orbit

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Bottle Opener, Tableware, 2020

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Dimensions: 15mm, ⌀ 84mm
Material: Cast iron
Production: Limited Edition

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Bistro Mills, Tableware, 2019

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Typology: Salt and Pepper Mill, Tableware
Dimensions: 150mm, ⌀ 50mm
Material: Ash (FSC)
Production: Amacher & Zemp GmbH, Brienzwiler

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Back

David Walsh is an industrial designer based in Zurich. After working at renowned design studios such as Ransmeier Inc. in New York and Cecilie Manz Studio in Copenhagen, he founded his own practice in Zurich in 2022. Working with regional and international clients, his work spans furniture, object, and spatial design. With a thoughtful and deliberate approach to each project, he aims to foster a lasting connection between objects, people, and their environments. His practice offers a comprehensive process, from research and prototyping to the final stages of production.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2024
    Design Week, Zurich
  • 2023
    Design Days, Geneva
  • 2023
    Design Week, Zurich
  • 2023
    Salone del Mobile, House of Switzerland, Milan
  • 2019
    Space 10, Refresh, Copenhagen
  • 2019
    World Economic Forum, ETH-Pavilion, Davos
  • 2019
    Neue Räume, Zürich

Funding and Support

  • 2025
    Ikea Foundation Switzerland, Work Grant
  • 2025
    Copenhagen Matchmaking Programme, Pro Helvetia
  • 2024
    Ikea Foundation Switzerland, Work Grant
  • 2023
    Ikea Foundation Switzerland, Work Grant
  • 2023
    Emerging Talents, with Studio Topo, Pro Helvetia
  • 2022
    Starting Power Programme, with Studio Topo, Pro Helvetia
  • 2022
    What’s next_Compass, Z-Kubator with Studio Topo, ZHdK

Selected Publications

  • 2025
    Wohnrevue
  • 2025
    Annabelle
  • 2023
    Wohnrevue
  • 2023
    Espaces Contemporaines
  • 2023
    La Repubblica, The Door
  • 2023
    Raum und Wohnen
  • 2021
    Wohnrevue
  • 2020
    Hochparterre

0041 77 477 88 48, info@davidwalsh.ch

Reach out on Instagram

©2025 All rights reserved. Design, font and code: Data-Orbit

Serving Tray, Tableware, 2025

Dimensions: 85 × 550 × 220 mm
Material: Swiss Larch (FSC)
Production: Verein Zürcher Eingliederung

Serviertablar 02
Serving Tray Details 3
Serviertablar 01 3
Serviertablar 04 4
Serviertablar 03
Serving Tray Details 2
Tip Stool, Furniture, 2025

Adjustable Seat Height: 480–750 mm
Dimensions: W 440 mm × D 150 mm
Weight: 6.5 kg

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Instagram 01 1
Melchstuhl Prozess 250513 10
Melchstuhl Prozess 250513 03
Candle Bowls, Accessories, 2025

Dimensions: Various Sizes
Material: Quartz Sand
Production: Eisengiesserei Mezger, Kallnach

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Instagram 015
Instagram 016
Instagram 0118
Kerzenhalter Studio Kerzen 07
Kerzenhalter Studio Kerzen 29
Instagram 0114
Instagram 0119
Peek-a-Boo, Furniture, 2025

Dimensions: 590 × 400 × 350 mm
Weight: 15 kg
Material: Powder-coated steel
Production: Prototype

Table With A Hole 8 2
Table With A Hole 1
Table With A Hole 7
Table With A Hole 4 3 1
Allmend Chair, Furniture, 2024

Dimensions: 780 × 480 × 490 mm
Material: Beech (FSC)
Production: Verein Zürcher Eingliederung, Zurich
Images: Marie-Christine Gerber
Support: Ikea Foundation Switzerland

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ZE Produktion 2410 08
David Walsh Allmend Stuhl Titelbild 02 Marie Christine Gerber
ZE Produktion 2410 11
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241207 David Walsh 12 V1 SW
Reel web img
ZE Leimen 241007 02
Nutmeg Mill, Tableware, 2024

Dimensions: 215mm, ⌀ 60mm
Material: Anodized Aluminum
Production: Prototype

Muskatmühle Studio 01 18 2
Muskatmühle Studio 01 15
Unbenannt 1
Muskatmühle Studio 01 09
Muskatmühle Studio 01 02
Muskatmühle Studio 01 05
Muskatmühle Studio 01 01
Muskatmühle Studio 01 07 1
Fold, Furniture, 2023

Typology: Shoe Shelf, Book Shelf, Bench
Dimensions: 450 × 1000 × 290 mm
Material: Anodized Aluminum
Production: Various Suppliers in Switzerland

David Walsh Studio Aluregal 6 1
Fold Mediacampus 7
David Walsh Studio Aluregal 7
Fold Laser 241008 05
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Davidwalsh industrialdesign shelf 231130
Output Instagram 016
Davidwalsh industrialdesign shelf 231130 05
Fold Mediacampus 4 web
Intuition and Composition, Workshop, 2022

Dimensions: 297 × 210 mm
Material: Publication with Adhesive Binding
Print: Limited Edition 
Graphic Design: Data-Orbit

Workshop Titelseite 01
Workshop Titelseite 02
Workshop 03
Workshop 04
Workshop 05
Workshop 06
Workshop 07
Workshop 08
Workshop 09
Workshop 10
Workshop 02
Bottle Opener, Tableware, 2020

Dimensions: 15mm, ⌀ 84mm
Material: Cast iron
Production: Limited Edition

Davidwalsh bottleopener 231130 02 2
Davidwalsh bottleopener 231130 03 2
Davidwalsh bottleopener 231130 04
Davidwalsh bottleopener 231130 05
Bistro Mills, Tableware, 2019

Typology: Salt and Pepper Mill, Tableware
Dimensions: 150mm, ⌀ 50mm
Material: Ash (FSC)
Production: Amacher & Zemp GmbH, Brienzwiler

1 J7 A4134 2 2 4
1 J7 A4134 2 2 4 2
IMG 3949
Davidwalsh bistro mills 231130 04 2
Unten 02
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