about

Hi, I’m Tina, a.k.a. swissmiss.

My full name is Tina Roth Eisenberg. I started swissmiss in March of 2005 as my personal visual archive. Little did I know that it would eventually grow into a popular design journal with an average of 1 million unique visitors a month.

I grew up in Speicher (AR), Switzerland, influenced by renowned Swiss design and a lot of fresh mountain air. In 1999, after completing my design studies in Geneva and Munich, I crossed the Atlantic and began designing in New York.

I founded and run a global monthly lecture series called CreativeMornings, I co-created a to-do app called TeuxDeux, I am the founder of Tattly, a designy temporary tattoo shop and I founded and run a co-working space called FRIENDS.

Because of the popularity of my blog, I am often referred to as swissmiss. I like that.

Thank you for reading!

-Tina

TALKS / PRESS / INTERVIEWS

I am feeling honored (and a bit nervous) sharing this interview of yours truly featured on the remarkably thoughtful Time Sensitive Podcast, a labor of love by Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman. They are two deeply thoughtful and smart humans nurturing deep conversations. Grateful to have been invited and been allowed to share where my heart and I are at in this moment in time in 2022. You can listen to and also read the interview here.

My dear friend and TeuxDeux co-parent Cameron interviewed me and you can feel the mutual love and respect we have for each other oozing out in this deeply personal conversation.

Come together now: Creative​Mornings builds connection on a global scale (Published October 2022)

I wish all Podcasts would feel this energizing. I love David of StreetWisdom.

Thank you Re:Considering for this fun conversation.

Thank you SY Partners for letting me reflect on Power, Love and Leadership.

My most recent, most personal and also longest talk, given at Adobe MAX 2017.

My story in 5mins 14 seconds, recorded at Kickstarter HQ in fall of 2016.

A Facebook Live Interview with the remarkable Seth Godin, recorded in March of 2018.

My most popular talk, given at 99u in 2014

In Conversation with Chase Jarvis LIVE

Like Knows Like mini documentary, summer of 2013:

My SXSW Interactive Keynote of March 2013:

My DoLectures talk of September 2013:

Hear me explain the idea behind CreativeMornings:

reader testimonials

  • Your blog makes me happy!-Bill
  • Your blog inspired me to take a design course at my university. Thanks for introducing me to the fun parts of design!-Dean
  • Swiss Miss, your blog makes me want to buy a new, blank, apartment and just decorate.-Angel
  • i submitted whatgoogleknows.com only to you, and i got 15,000 hits yesterday from it (i know, that’s kind of crazy.) anyway, i just wanted to thank you for the launch. so thank you.-hans
  • I don’t know of any other sites that range this far in subject matter and still manage to keep it fresh, smartly chosen and personal. It’s almost like you pick the subjects that interest you and write about them! Who would have thought of that? Anyway, thanks.-djfred
  • Wow. You are on posting FIRE lately! I’m getting over-stimulated design seizures, it’s great!-Joe
  • I value your blog greatly. Not only do you “make me look,” you make me buy, download, learn and enlighten. It’s nice to have a reference that combines good taste with intelligence and practicality.-cgsanctum
  • Tina, I have been following you blog for a long time. I depend on it, it feeds me for inspiration. Every evening my husband, who doesn’t touch a computer asks “anything cool on SwissMiss today? Now when someone’s blog is worked into a couples nightly rituals, you’re doing something right.-C. + D.