tät-tat stands for a witty and unconventional type of Swiss
design.
Neatly thought out, beautifully packaged and produced according
to social standards.
Since 1994 tät-tat has
specialised in the development of everyday objects produced according to social
standards.
Since 2015 we have
developed our own range as well as corporate products in partnership with Dock/Gruppe
AG,
the largest social enterprise
in Switzerland.
The concepts are developed
in our studio in Münchwilen and are brought to production stage in the
St. Gallen Sittertobel. Depending on work
profile and scale, we implement the
production in one or several of the 10 Dock plants.
The basic idea of
turning an apparent weakness into a strength has remained the same throughout
the past 25 years: work is to be generated
from the core – work that meaningfully
complements existing client orders from industry.
tät-tat products
are available worldwide in museum shops, design shops, book shops, stationary
shops, fair trade shops and online.
Upcoming trade fairs
Distribution Switzerland: IC
Design
Distribution Germany: tät-tat
GmbH
Distribution partner USA and
worldwide: ameico
Team
Storage and Distribution (Dock//St.
Gallen)
Andreia Charneca
Stefan Krebser
Artam Burcu
Current production teams
Dock//Basel-Stadt
Dock//Graubünden
Dock//Luzern
Dock//St.Gallen
Dock//Winterthur
Translations
Sabrina Alonso
Christine O’Neill
IT und -infrastructure
Bin Martig
Concepts / Ideas
/ Design
Brigitta and Benedikt
Martig-Imhof
Management of tät-tat GmbH
Brigitta and Benedikt Martig-Imhof
Work with a purpose.
For the past 25 years, Brigitta and Benedikt Martig-Imhof have continually developed
the idea and concept of tät-tat’s way of working.
Thus, the organisation
is connected with the people who make up tät-tat with their day-to-day commitment.
Awards and prizes
1997: tät-tat receives
the prize of the Zurich University of Fine Arts and Design
1998: ‘complimenti!’ for the ‘apfelpick’ bird feeder
2001: IKEA Foundation Switzerland, support for exhibiting internationally
2002: ‘complimenti!’ for the ‘no-mal’ children’s painting apron made out of an umbrella
2003: ‘Form 2003’ for the ‘sinkstill’ lantern; ‘Form 2003’ for the ‘langbank’ bird
feeder
2004: ‘Form 2004’ for the ‘gar-lang’ paper chain
‘Form 2004’ for the
‘spektral’ spiral garland
‘Form 2004’ for colourful
‘pixel’ magnets
2005: The Heimstätten Wil receive an innovation prize from Canton St. Gallen for a
joint project with tät-tat
2005: ‘Form 2005’ for the literary advent calendar
‘Form 2005’ for the
‘streifenkarte’ block of cards
‘Form 2005’ for the
‘lonan’ lantern
‘Form 2005’ for the
‘pickarus’ bird feeder
2005–2006: Participation in exhibition ‘small&beautiful’, design from Switzerland
in Tokyo (Pro Helvetia travelling exhibition)
2010: ‘DESIGN PLUS’ for the ‘plattfuss’ household rubber bands
Nomination ‘German Design Award 2011’ for the ‘plattfuss’ household rubber bands
Gold ‘blickfang-designpreis’ for
‘pyrad’, a cooker for children made from old bicycle
parts (Blickfang Zürich)
2011: ‘DESIGN PLUS’ for the ‘zupf-pompon’ notepad
nominated for ‘German Design
Award 2012’ for the ‘zupf-pompon’ notepad
2015: ‘Form 2015’
for diverse ‘themed rubber bands’
2019: «soap dish» made from recycled flat screens «Green Product award», Selection 2019