Designer

Sebastian was born in Bad Mergentheim, Germany, in 1981. He studied product design at Offenbach University of Art and Design (HfG). His work focuses on designing objects merging cultural contexts, combining new technologies with traditional crafts-manship in order to highlight the multifaceted beauty of the materials. Since he found his own design studio in 2006, he has designed products for manufacturers such as ClassiCon, Dedon, Fontana Ar te, La Chance, Moroso, Pulpo and Rosenthal, as well as working on interior design projects.

www.sebastianherkner.com

Born in Germany in 1974, Christian Haas established his studio in 2000. Ever since, the Industrial Designer creates products through multiple disciplines from furniture and lighting to porcelain and glassware. His design approach merges simplicity and elegance. His sense of aesthetics is driven by the harmony between sobriety, usefulness, emotionality, longevity and uniqueness. The Studio works for international brands. Throughout the years, his work was honored with many design awards like the Red Dot Design Award and the Elle Decoration International Design Award.

www.christian-haas.com

Educated as a textile-designer Elisa Strozyk is building bridges between textile- and furniture design, using wood to produce unique textiles and objects. Her work is pushing the boundaries between 2D and 3D, hard and soft materials, switching meanings and categories. The flexible hybrid material “Wooden Textile” was developed by Elisa Strozyk in 2009 using an innovative technique to merge wood and textile. In combining traditional crafting techniques with innovative technical processes, Elisa Strozyk is also using ceramic and glass to develop unique objects for high-end interior projects. Elisa's work has been exhibited at Design Miami and the Victoria & Albert Museum, among others.

www.elisastrozyk.de

Gesa Hansen graduated fromthe Bauhaus University Weimarand NZU Nagoya University ofArts in Japan. She made her firstwork experiences at Jean Nouveland H5 in Paris. Her design isinspired by the heritage of herscandinavian background and thestrong contrast between the twocountries who taught her how to bea designer. Her studio is situated inthe green lung of Paris, the forest ofFontainebleau. She advises renownfurniture, hospitality and designcompanies.

www.gesahansen.com

David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem are award winning Beirut-based designers. The duo studied together at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and the Scuola Politecnica Di Design in Milan, going on to found their own studio, david/nicolas, in Beirut in 2011. Their unique way of blending retro, contemporary and futuristic elements gives their work a timeless aesthetic that translates to a wide range of projects. They work on whatever captures their imagination, from designing their own lines of furniture, to collaborating with prominent international brands, to high-end bespoke interiors. What every project has in common is attention to detail. Every aspect of their designs is meticulously thought-out, down to the last screw.

www.davidandnicolas.com

Ayzit was born in Ankara, Turkey. After studying at the Munich Master School for Fashion, Ayzit launched her own label in 1995. Since 2012 she has been working with Philipp Bree, PB0110, designing bags and accessories. She has received several national design awards. Since 2012 she has been teaching at the department of Textile Design in the School of Arts and Design, Kassel. As an artist, she participated in various shows and performances in Munich and Frankfurt, her works are presented in galleries and exhibitions in Berlin, Paris and Tokyo.

www.ayzitbostan.com

Relvãokellermann is an office for industrial design based in Munich. Founded by Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann, the office's work is focused within the areas of culture and commerce, ranging from brands like Bulthaup, Auerberg, Huawei or Cor. Relvãokellermann develop and create new products and objects together with its clients by constantly analysing, researching and solving problems, by discovering new usages and scenarios with an eye for new materials, technologies and changes in the current society.

www.relvaokellermann.com

The designer founded his studio in 2010, after a series of pop-up projects in collaboration with universities in New York, Berlin and Milan. It operates in various fields of product design and creative direction, developing projects for. clients such as CC-Tapis, GlasItalia, Kalmar Werkstätten, MabeoFurniture, B&B Italia and Zanotta, ranging from high-end furniture to contemporary art. garth‘s works have received German Design, Elle Decor Awards amongst other international prizes and nominations.

www.garthglobal.com

Pascal graduated from UDK Berlin in 2014 where he was awarded a design scholarship at Fabrica Research Center in ltaly. His professional experience includes working for Steelcase lnc. and Konstantin Grcic. In 20 23 he founded Pascal Hien Office for Design which offers expertise within the field of industrial, exhibition and conceptual design. He is committed to create meaningful design with an honest, responsible and multicultural approach. Rather than focusing on the individual disciplines of design, he looks at creation in a holistic way.

www.pascalhien.com

Milena Kling envisions experimentaldesign concepts for sophisticatedglass objects and artisanal tableculture. Her material, colour and process driven contemporary glassworks are realized as unique sculptural products, tableware editions and installations for restaurants, private clients, collectors and architectural projects around the world. Her work is known for her high quality, sensuous, contemporary craftsmanship and ongoing ventures into holistic and sustainable glass artisanship. Kling founded her Berlin centered studioin 2012 after working in London, Zurich and Tokyo.

www.milenakling.com

Visionary and prolific, Karim Rashid is one of the most unique voices in design today. With more than 4.000 designs in production, nearly 300 awards to his name, and client work in over 40 countries, Karim’s ability to transcend typology continues to make him a force among designers of his generation. Eschewing style in favor of designing in the modus of our time, Karim’s designs include luxury goods (Christofle, Alessi, and Veuve Clicquot), democratic products (Umbra, bobble, 3M) timeless furniture (Bonaldo, Tonelli, Vondom) exquisite lighting (Artemide, Fontana Arte) high-tech products (Asus, SirinLabs), surface design, iconic graphics (Citibank, Sony Ericsson) and award-winning packaging (Method, Kenzo, Eos). Contemporary artwork created by Karim is featured in 20 permanent collections in various art institutions worldwide, including Brooklyn Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Centre Pompidou.

www.karimrashid.com

OHA is a Munich based product and furniture design studio. The designers Sami Ayadi and Jan Heinzelmann met at Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design, where - over more than ten years - they were involved in a broad variety of projects ranging from industrial products and furniture to designing exhibitions, interiors, public installations as well as limited edition gallery pieces for customers such as Audi, Classicon, Cassina, Galerie kreo, Flos, Magis, Mattiazzi, Plank, Rado oder Vitra. Their design approach is informed by a strong interest in contemporary design culture, combined with an astute knowledge of craftsmanship and the passion for new technologies and materials.

www.oha.international

Viktor Udzenija founded hiseponymous studio in Dubai,UAE, and expanded to Europe in2020. In his portfolio, the architect and designer crafted, individual approach to high-quality residential, retail and commercial design. His projects focus on proportion, functionality and sustainability. Udzenija has won a number of international architectural competitions and awards, including„Sustainability Initiative of the Year“and „Residential Project of the Year“.

www.viktorudzenija.com

Christoph studied industrial design in Munich and Los Angeles. In his diploma thesis, he developed the world's first laptop computer, which is nowadays on display at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Afterwards, he worked several years as a design manager both in the USA and later on in Germany. In 2011 together with designer friends, he co-founded the AUERBERG label, which is dedicated to the creation and distribution of furniture characterised as "radically subjective".

www.boeninger.de

Steffen was born 1976 in Bavaria near Ulm. He studied Industrial Design at the University of applied Arts in Vienna. During internships at companies such as BMW, Busse Design, and Frédéric Dedelley, he intensified his sense of form and materiality. He worked as a designer for Stefan Diez where he was responsible for several product developments. In 2009 he founded Atelier Steffen Kehrle and since then has been working with internationally renowned companies in the areas of product, exhibition and industrial design. Kehrle had a lectureship at Kunsthochschule Kassel from 2009 to 2014.

www.ateliersteffenkehrle.com

David was born in Wuppertal in 1985. He studied Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and worked throughout his studies as an assistant to the sculptor Tony Cragg in Wuppertal as well as for Marcel Wanders in Amsterdam, and nendo in Tokyo. In 2014 he founded "Studio David Lehmann" being based in Munich. A key theme in his work is to "make the obvious unobvious by hiding it behind the obvious", resulting in subtle outcomes that are nonetheless rich in detail and complexity.

www.studiodavidlehmann.com

With a mix of French, Swiss, Slavic and African roots, Sacha's influences are as diverse as his origins. His long association with fashion icon Christian Lacroix began in 1992 and continued for most of the ensuring two decades, with interludes designing menswear, womenswear and accessory collections for Kenzo and Michel Klein along the way. His tenure as hand-groomed successor to Lacroix culminated with his appointment to the post of creative director in 2010. More recently, Walckhoff has branched into new ventures where he has defined and developed his own unique style vocabulary on projects such as a furniture collection for Gallery Gosserez, a collection of porcelain collector vases for Vista Alegre and a series of glassworks with Verrum.

www.walckhoff.com

After studying fashion and industrial design at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Arwed worked as a designer for clients in the fields of product, fashion, interior and exhibition design. He founded a multidisciplinary design studio in 2016. He is a regular member of international design juries and has been a professor at Hof University of Applied Sciences in the Textile Design Department at the Münchberg campus since 2021. Arwed's projects and designs won several design awards. In 2023, one of his designs was included in the permanent collection of the international design museum Die Neue Sammlung, München.

www.arwedguderian.com

London-based Brown Office is founded by Dean Brown in 2014. They design and make objects, installations and interiors with a dedication to materiality and narrative - delivering projects for clients including Google, Uniqlo, Nike, Sèvres, Depop and Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Their work has been exhibited internationally at the Milan Design Week, London Design Festival, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Aram Gallery, London.Dean studied Product Design at DJCAD, University of Dundee, Scotland (2003-2007) where he served thereafter as Designer in Residence (2007-2009). His research and communication driven approach to design is informed by a residency period at Fabrica Communication Research Centre, Treviso, Italy (2010-2014) and currently as Research Fellow within the Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths University of London (2017-2021).

www.brownoffice.co.uk

After graduating with a degree in Graphic Design from the University of Kingston in London and a Communication Design degree from Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Augsburg, Mirko Borsche worked as an art director for the advertising agency Springer & Jacoby. From 1999 he was the art director of the German youth publications jetzt magazine and NEON magazine. Starting in 2002 Mirko Borsche worked also as art director for Mini-International BMW Group. Since 2007 he is the creative director for the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and every other publication of the Zeit-Verlag. In 2007, Borsche founded his Munich design studio Bureau Mirko Borsche. He received numer- ous national and international awards, his work has been exhibited in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Florence, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo.

www.bureauborsche.com