KlingerBordihn
Based in Munich, Alexander Klinger and Peter Bordihn are a creative studio with a thing for product, branding and digital design. They created Pepit, which is characterised by an inviting volume that delivers comfort and cosiness and yet conveys lightness and finesse through the deliberate “play” with its proportions.
Alexander and Peter have previously worked for renowned design companies such as Paul Brooks, Brodbeck Design, and Formstelle, among others. They founded their own studio in 2022. They believe in the correlation between strong aesthetics and simplicity.
Sascha Sartory
“A good product is emotional, functional and timeless.”
Motivated by the goal to create long-living, human centered and high quality products, Sascha Sartory’s Design Studio works as for a variety of brands and clients from all over the world.
The design studio located in Cologne, Germany, was established by Sascha Sartory in 2014, after he worked several years for a number of design agencies where he learned that good design can be used as the driving force behind new and innovative products that make a difference.
Palma Kunkel Architektur + Design
The Palma Kunkel team is caught somewhere between architecture and design. They are clients of understanding, concept inventors, sustainability inspectors and identity providers. They are interested in the challenge of new tasks.
In multidisciplinary teams, Professor Eve Hartnack and designer Carsten Feil design outdoor and indoor space, products and communications measures. Their creative spectrum also includes implementation with project management, project management and production.
Martin Ballendat
Martin Ballendat, has already received over 100 prizes and awards for his work. After studying industrial design at the Folkwangschule University in Essen, Germany, he worked as a designer for C. Stoll and then in product development for Wiesner Hager.
In 1995 he opened his own design studio in Simbach am Inn, Bavaria. In recent years Ballendat has not only created seating and furniture, but also table accessories, lighting and technical devices. Together with his five-strong team he also offers CI consulting graphic and media design and a trade fair and exhibition service. His design philosophy is as comprehensive as his range of services: he looks for solutions which meet the demands of both the manufacturer and the user.
Simon Schoßböck
Simon Schoßböck (34) has expanded the CoreChair concept to include a support for the entire back. Simon is a trained automation engineer who has developed solutions for combustion engines and was the technical director at Martin Ballendat's design office since 2010. The CoreChair Elite's sophisticated kinematics of the swivel chair back are necessary to support the movements of the spine in an ergonomically sensible way. Simon has mastered the challenge of realising these diverse requirements using a one-piece backrest support and a reduced design language.
“To do this, we virtually turned the classic design process on its head,” he explains. “We simulated the expected deformation of the materials in the computer, and the results of these calculations formed the basis for the design, building on the necessary cross-sections and connection points.”
Ralf Umland
Ralf Umland qualified in Industrial Design at the University in Wuppertal. In 1988 he joined Selecta Werk Bank Furnishing as product development manager, design and marketing in Arnsberg, Germany.
In 1993 he began a new challenge in product development project management with Koenig & Neurath in Karben, Germany and later moving to Viasit as product development and design manager. He founded his own company, Umland Design in 2004, subsequently winning numerous design awards for his products. Ralf is a partner of “Make Innovation” – an interdisciplinary network for product development, and a lecturer of integrated product design at the University of Coburg, Germany. His philosophy is: “Design gives an additional value and makes a product unique and distinctive”.
