Dieter Raffler

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Dieter Raffler (born July 12, 1942 in Graz ) is a German designer and university professor .

Life

Dieter Raffler studied sculpture at the Graz School of Applied Arts from 1957 to 1961 and under Heinrich Kirchner at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1962 to 1964 . This was followed by a degree in product design at the HfG Ulm , which he completed in 1969 as one of the last students before it was dissolved. The collaboration in numerous well-known and style-forming projects u. a. the development group Zeischegg (Helit Stapelascher), Peter Raake (Ulmer Koffer) and first own orders, such as the design of the Gardena system, led to the foundation of the "development group for design: Franco Clivio , Dieter Raffler" in 1968 with orders from German industry for Architects and authorities. The Raffler design studio was founded in 1985 after the development group was dissolved and designed products for skiing, water sports and cycling, etc. a. for GEZE and Tyrolia .

After a teaching position from 1974–1976 at the Berlin University of the Arts , at the Chair for Design Fundamentals (FB 3) with Nick Roericht , in 1995 he was offered a professorship for 2D + 3D design principles at the Department of Design at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau . Retired in 2007, Dieter Raffler teaches a. a. Biomorphology and product development as well as methodical design.

Dieter Raffler has been married to Christine Raffler since 1966, has one son and lives and works in Ulm and Dessau.

Quote

"At the Ulm University of Applied Sciences we internalized that good design needs an attitude."

Products

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literature

  • [1] Tammo F. ​​Bruns, Frank Schulte, Karsten Unterberger: design is a journey: Positions on design, advertising and corporate culture, Springer, Heidelberg, 1997, ISBN 3540618961 , accessed October 26, 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Homepage FB Design Dessau , accessed on June 16, 2020.
  2. Well thought out: The garden hose attachment , SZ-Magazin, 12/2009, accessed on October 26, 2015