Barbara Mutzbauer

Barbara Mutzbauer is a scenog­ra­pher. She stages messages in and with spaces. The narra­tives are wide-ranging, from commer­cial events to cultural inter­ven­tions. The focus of her work is the concep­tion and staging of tangible content in exhi­bi­tions, expos, instal­la­tions and events. She is inter­ested in the deeper narra­tives that capti­vate the audi­ence and allow them to feel and under­stand spatial envi­ron­ments and atmos­pheres. Form and content merge for the viewer into a holistic expe­ri­ence that is sensual and makes sense. This commu­nica­tive compe­tence in design is a great concern for Barbara Mutzbauer.

She studied inte­rior design in Rosen­heim and Copen­hagen, ethnology in Zurich and Munich and never stopped researching about spaces. She completed further courses at the Zurich Univer­sity of the Arts and is doing her doctorate at the Univer­sity of Potsdam with a research thesis on philo­soph­ical aesthetics.

She discov­ered the immense impor­tance of atmos­phere while working with the sculptor and stage designer Cornelius de Fries. She has lived in Germany, China and Switzer­land and worked for renowned agen­cies, including Design Director at Schmid­huber (Munich) and Creative Director at Bell­prat Partner (Zurich). Her projects included the House of Switzer­land on the occa­sion of the Olympic Games in London. As a mentor and lecturer for Atmos­pheric Design at the Zurich Univer­sity of the Arts, she is dedi­cated to the theory and teaching of atmos­pheric staging. Barbara Mutzbauer will be taking over the creative direc­tion at MCH Global as Head of Design & Scenog­raphy from February 2021.