Stefan Zwicky was born in 1952 in Zurich. After his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts he worked for Studio Olivetti, Hans von Klier in Milan, and in the architectural office Trix and Robert Hausmann. In 1983 he opened his own architectural office in Zurich and has been active in the fields of architecture, interior design, exhibition design and furniture design since then. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur.