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MEIKE HARDE
Meike Harde has already been nominated no less
than twice as “Best Newcomer” for the renowned
German Design Award. The work of the talented
designer, who founded her own design studio in
Cologne in 2013, ranges from textiles and lighting
to decorative materials and furniture. Perhaps that
is why it is not so easy to pigeonhole her work.
Nevertheless, there are many points of reference, she
says: ‘I am very precise in everything I do in my work.
With my technical understanding and my love of natural
materials, I design products that are visually light and
cleverly constructed’. The results are playful products with
a poetic character. ‘I find it very interesting to approach
existing production techniques in a different way and
to put ordinary materials in a new context’. Through
this experimental approach to the design profession,
she succeeds in developing a new design language that
perfectly matches Pode’s ideas.
