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Atelier Areti is a design studio established by sisters Gwendolyn Kerschbaumer and Guillane Kerschbaumer.

Areti is mainly based in London and works with European manufactures, mostly in Germany.

Gwendolyn was born in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria and is Austrian / French.
She received a Bachelor in Visual Arts with a concentration in sculpture from Duke University, NC.
She received her Master in Architecture from Harvard University and a Master in Advanced Architectural Studies (sustainable building) from the ETH, Zurich.
Among others, Gwendolyn worked at the architectural offices of Peter Eisenman Architects New York, Kleihues und Kleihues Berlin, MVRDV Rotterdam and Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam.
Gwendolyn was head of research at 'laba' / EPFL for 3 years, where she researched contemporary developments in the fields of architecture, urban design and planning.

Guillane was born in 1981 in Innsbruck, Austria and is Austrian / French.
She completed an art foundation program in Paris before studying Art History and Archaeology at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving a DEUG.
She went on to study Product Design at Central Saint Martins where she graduated in 2006.
Guillane worked for several years as an interior designer in London before starting Atelier Areti with her sister Gwendolyn.