“Good design is born wherever apparent polarities are combined.”


1962
born in the city of Schleswig, Germany

1988
designer for Castelli S.p.A. and at studio Giancarlo Piretti, Italy

1990
Graduate in Industrial design at the Muthesius School in Kiel, Germany

1990–1992
designer for Tecno S.p.A., Italy

1992–1996
designer in wiege Wilkhahn-Entwicklungs GmbH, Germany

since 1997
freelance designer, work with several international companies


Awards
Design Champion Design Center Stuttgart 1st Prize, Germany 1991

Admission for the permanent exhibition of the Stedeljik Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1994

Design-Week-Award Great Britain 1st Prize, GB 1995

IF Hannover Product Design Award Best of category, Germany 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007

IDEA- Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award, USA 1996

Bundespreis Produktdesign of the German Design Council, Germany 1998

Japanese Good Design Award, Japan 1999

Red dot design award, Germany 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010

Best of Neocon Gold Medal, USA 2005, 2010

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