WUBET

EDUCATION:
1978 – 1980
University for Applied Arts, Austria B.F.A. Art and Design
Course work completed under Professor Karl Lagerfeld

1973 – 1978
Fashion Institute, Vienna, Austria
Degree in Fashion Design and Pattern Making

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 – present
Santiago de Chile - Vienna
Designer

March 2010 opening of WUBET Flagship Store in Vienna, Austria
November 2009 participation at Design Workshop “AYMARA” in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
October, September, March & February 2010 - 2004 participation at
“Premiere Classe Paris”, “Maison&Objet Paris” and “d&a New York” with WUBET accessories collection

2008 – 2003
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Designer and Researcher
April 2007 performed WUBET #3 at Alliance Française, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
March 2006 costume design for “Macbeth” performed by Addis Stage, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
February 2005 costume design for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” performed by the New Theatre Company, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
October 2004 Presentation of “WUB[ET]HIOPIA” at Gallery Habari, Vienna, Austria
June 2004 performed WUBET #2 at Addis Ababa City Hall, Ethiopia
October 2003 foundation of WUBET, an accessories line designed by Arnold Haas
October 2003 showed at Zoma Contemporary Art Center the Fashion performance:
WUBET #1, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 2003 Costume Design for Adunga Dance Company for the 20th anniversary of the Ethiopian
Gemini Trust, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
June 2003 curating an exhibition for the Workshop
“Preservation of Cultural Heritage – Beauties of the Past” at the School of
Pharmacy, in cooperation with the Austrian Embassy and Addis Ababa University (AAU)

1998 – 2003
Stylist and Designer
New York, NY
United States

Styled advertising campaigns for American Express, Compaq, IBM, Chase Manhattan Bank,
Delta Airlines and others. Produced and styled the book “WIENNA”, a black and white photographic
and literary expose of the current culture, people and places in Vienna as photographed by
Daniela Stallinger, New York.
Produced and styled editorial work including fashion shoots for German Vogue, Glamour, GQ, W and others. Work includes photographers as Melvin Sokolsky, Arthur Elgort, Ruven Afanador, Raymond Meier, Mark Abrahams, Torkil Gudnason and others.

1994 – 1998
Fashion Stylist
Vienna, Austria

Styled advertising campaigns for A1, Palmers, Don Gil, LOTTO, Römerquelle, Schneiders, Silhoutte,
DIVA Magazine and others.

1984 – 1994
Co-founder and Designer Schella Kann
Vienna, Austria

Designed and developed the fashion line from concept to prototype.
Developed the brand and graphic identity systems.
Represented and distributed the fashion line to retail stores.

1980 – 1984
Head of Design Goessl
Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg, Goessl Collection
Design and development of the woven, suede and knitwear lines.

DESIGN SUMMARY:
Arnold Haas moved to New York 1998 to become an internationally recognized stylist and designer of fashion,
who has amassed an outstanding record of achievement in the highly competitive world of fashion and design.

Arnold has distinguished himself among his peers as an innovative stylist and designer, who demonstrate a high level of skill and vision in the field of fashion design.
Throughout his career Arnold has displayed a unique combination of knowledge, talent and focus. Arnold has earned a reputation as a “visionary and imaginative designer” who has attained a “high level of professionalism” and displays a “unique approach” to process of design. Arnold’s “creations are full of originality” and are considered “strong, intelligent pieces, which explore design in an innovative and unique manner”.

Arnold’s work has been described as ingeniously clever and elegant and has won praise throughout the international design community as incorporating original minimalist forms.
In the years from 2003 – 2008 was living and working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he founded the accessories line WUBET and exhibited since than at International trade shows in Europe and the USA.
In 2008 moved to Santiago de Chile to continue and expand his accessories line WUBET in collaboration with ONA Design and indigenous Andean influence.