Nadja Swarovski
| Nadja Swarovski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Germany |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Member of the Executive Board, Swarovski Crystal Business |
| Spouse(s) | Rupert Adams |
| Children | Three |
| Website | brand |
Nadja Swarovski (born 1970) is an Austrian businesswoman. She joined the Swarovski family firm in 1995, 100 years after it was founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Wattens, Austria. She is the first female member of the executive board.
Swarovski was born in Germany. She grew up hearing family stories of how her great-great-grandfather Daniel supplied Swarovski crystals to embellish Queen Victoria’s dresses, how her grandfather worked with Christian Dior to create the aurora borealis crystal stone effect; and she saw how her father Helmut Swarovski ensured that Swarovski remained at the forefront of technological advances and new market opportunities, including marketing crystal figurines.
She studied Art History at Southern Methodist University in Texas, and at Sotheby's Institute of Art and the Gemological Institute of America in New York City.
Swarovski's career began at the Gagosian Gallery, before she went on to work for Eleanor Lambert, the legendary New York fashion PR. She began working for Swarovski Crystal Business in Hong Kong before developing the Creative Service Centre concept in New York followed by Paris, London and Singapore.
Since 2002, with her Swarovski Crystal Palace project, Swarovski has commissioned designers including Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad, Rogier van der Heide, Yves Behar and Tord Boontje to create cutting-edge designs, initially reinterpreting crystal chandeliers. The project has evolved to commission artistic installations that use Swarovski material and recent commissions include Iris by Fredrikson Stallard, (Design Miami/Basel 2011), Dream Cloud by Rogier van der Heide staged during the 2010 Design Week in Milan and St Paul’s Perspectives, an installation unveiled during the London Design Festival 2011 which was created by minimalist architect John Pawson. It used a precision-made Swarovski Optik lens and a suspended spherical steel mirror to reflect a new vision of the Geometric Staircase of St Paul’s Cathedral.
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