Andreas Struppler

Born in Munich in 1964, he worked in various workshops before studying architecture and design at the University of Kassel. He gained valuable experience in design studios in Milan, Munich and Berlin before opening his own design workshop in 1992: Andreas Struppler Design in Munich.

Distinctive and clear products have been his trademark since then. For companies like Sedus, Interstuhl or Wittmann he has designed successful products that reflect his philosophy: “convenience and intelligent utility for offices, leisure or the home”.

Mitos

Interstuhl, from 2000 to 2002.

Transmotion mechanism with relax button, Adjustable armrests,pivoting up to 180 degrees.
Adjustable, moveable headrest countersynchronized with the movement of the backrest the headrest includes a coat-hanger.
Active seat-depth adjustment (Astiv).
Adjustable lumbar support (Air-Pressure Technology).
Transparent plastic parts (optional). Mobile workstation as extra with the chair. Stackable guest-chairs, with moving comfort-backrest.

Web site: www.struppler-design.de

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Bjarke Ingels

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974.

Bjarke Ingels studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts Architect School in Copenhagen from 1993 to 1999. During studies he also attended Technica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona (1996–1997). He worked at Office of Metropolitan Architecture and Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam (1998–2001).

In 2001, founded the practice PLOT together with Belgian OMA colleague Julien de Smedt. In January 2006, PLOT disbanded and Bjarke Ingels created Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG, while his former partner founded Julien de Smedt Design, JDS Design.

The group Bjarke Ingels is a company which is headquartered in Copenhagen, which is made up of 85 architects, designers, builders and thinkers working in the fields of architecture, town planning , Research and development.

Won several prestigious International awards like Henning Larsen Prize in 2001.

MARITIME YOUTH HOUSE

Project Team
Bjarke Ingels, Julien De Smedt, Annette Jensen, Bo Benzon, Finn Norkjaer, Henning Stuben, Jem Jensen, Mads H Lund, Marc Jay, Nina Ter-borch.

Consultant:
Birch & Krogboe A/s
Jseper Gudman, Strutur

Instead of using 25% of the project’s budget, originally allocated by the clients to clean the polluted soil of the site, we discovered that the pollution was made of heavy metals and therefore stable. So if the seabed was kept undisturbed there was no need to remove or clean it. Instead we laid out a wooden deck over the entire site thus spending money for the architecture rather than the harmful and invisible contamination.

Web site : www.big.dk

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Born in 1968. at Schloss Harkotten in the Münster region – Germany. First projects commenced when he was still at school and earned his first design award for the development of the “Delphin” tap for Vorberg.

Studied industrial design at Essen Polytechnic and the Münster University for Applied Sciences. While studying, he managed his own projects at sieger design.
At the beginning of 2003, he established sieger design GmbH & Co. KG, in which he is a managing partner, with his brother Christian.
In close cooperation with his brother, both developed the family–owned sieger design into today’s full–service provider focusing on industrial design and architecture, design management and graphic design.

Won many awards for innovative product developments, including for Alape, Blome, Duravit, Dornbracht, for the brand management and corporate design for Ritzenhoff and Octopus.

Rain Sky

Dornbracht, 2005

This is the very idea of a shower being suddenly no longer a shower but
a sky from which it rains like in Nature. And even more wonderful than
that, for unlike Nature, from a RAIN SKY it always rains exactly as you
want it to.

Website: www.sieger-design.com

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