JADER ALMEIDA, 1981
Brazilian designer Jader Almeida studied
architecture and urban development. His
contact with masters of Brazilian furniture
design, including Sergio Rodrigues, influ-
enced Almeida’s understanding of design.
Today, he works as a product designer and
architect, in his own studio in São Paulo.
His designs have received numerous nation-
al and international design awards such as
the IF Design Award and the Good Design
Award Chicago. Euvira
OTTO BLÜMEL, 1881–1973
Otto Blümel was director of the United
Workshops for Art in Craftsmanship in
Munich, when he designed the
Nymphenburg Coat Stand. His design
is entirely under the sign of the new
ideals of his time: it focuses on making
functionality visible and the appreciation
of craftsmanship. This timeless design
is still valid today. Nymphenburg
CLEMENS WEISSHAAR,
1977– 2021
Clemens Weisshaar was born
in Munich and studied product
design, among others, at the
London Royal College of Art.
In 2002, he joined forces with
Swedish designer Reed Kram
to form Kram/Weisshaar. Their
works were added to interna-
tional design collections, in-
cluding MoMA, New York, and
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Triton
ECKART MUTHESIUS,
1904 – 1989
The architect Eckart Muthesius
studied at the Associated State
School for Applied Arts in Berlin
and at the Polytechnic in London.
In 1931, the Maharajah of Indore
commissioned him to build and
furnish his palace Manik Bagh;
Muthesius turned it into an Art
Deco masterpiece. Banu,
Mandu, Satish, Usha
ORTEGAGUIJARRO,
1988 / 1989
Studio OrtegaGuijarro was
founded in 2017 by Alex Ortega
and Carlos Guijarro in Barcelona.
The two designers with a back-
ground in industrial and interior
design have set themselves the
goal to create individual and
surprising everyday solutions.
Sol
CHRISTOPH BÖNINGER, 1957
As his dissertation project, Christoph Böninger
designed the world’s first laptop computer, which
is on display at the Pinakothek der Moderne in
Munich. Following many years in design manage-
ment, he founded the Auerberg label in 2010.
Sax, Zelos
VICTORIA
WILMOTTE, 1985
Victoria Wilmotte studied at
the Royal College of Art in
London, among others, and
has her own design studio in
Paris. Her design process,
resembling that of a sculptor,
is special: she weighs
volume and emptiness and
removes material until she
has found ideal angles or
curves and polishes the
surfaces to the point when
they precisely achieve the
structure, haptics and light
refraction she seeks.
Piega, Pli
BARBER OSGERBY, 1969
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded
their East London studio in 1996, after
studying architecture at the Royal College
of Art. The strength of their creative
partnership has led to collaborations with
some of the world’s most progressive
companies and an output that encom-
passes architecture, interiors, sculpture,
product and exhibition design, from
the iconic Loop Table (1996) to the 2012
Olympic Torch. In 2001, Barber Osgerby
founded another design studio in London:
Universal is considered one of the most
innovative design consulting agencies in
the world. In 2012, they launched the
strategy-based industrial design consul-
tancy Map Project Ofce. Paris, Saturn
KONSTANTIN GRCIC, 1965
After training as a cabinet maker, Konstantin
Grcic studied design at the Royal College
of Art in London. In 1991, he set up his own
design company Konstantin Grcic Design.
In the same year, he presented furniture
designs for ClassiCon. In 2002, ClassiCon
published the first book about his work
and also dedicated a solo exhibition to him
in Milan. Many of his products won inter-
national design awards and are on display
in museums worldwide, including MoMA,
New York, and Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Grcic and ClassiCon celebrated 25 years of
collaboration in 2016 with the publication
of a limited Black Edition, accompanied by
an artist’s portfolio. Since 2020, Grcic has
held a professorship at the Hamburg Uni-
versity of Fine Arts and has been appointed
a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin
in 2021. Chaos, Diana Series, Mars, Odin,
Orcus, Pallas, Ulisse, Venus
GUILHERME TORRES, 1973
Brazilian Guilherme Torres is famous for his innovative
residential and commercial architectural projects as well
as his interiors and furniture designs. In 2001, he founded
his own studio, today headquartered in São Paulo. The
internationally renowned architect considers himself to be
a perfectionist who never tires of repeatedly revising and
improving things. Bow
SAUERBRUCH HUTTON, 1955 / 1957
Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch established their office for
architecture, urban development and design in 1989. Their holistic
approach is seen in projects where functionality is untied with exacting
architectural demands, and sensuality with environmental sustain-
ability. A model and drawings of their first high-rise building, the GSW
Headquarters in Berlin (1999), is part of the architecture collection of
MoMA. New York. Both have taught at various international institutions,
including the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Munich
CHRISTIAN HAAS, 1974
Christian Haas desgins products in various
disciplines, from furniture and lamps to porcelain
and glass. In 2000, the industrial designer founded
his own studio. Today, he lives and works in Porto.
Matéria, Forma
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