Gerhard Heufler

Gerhard Heufler (* 1944 in Dornbirn , Vorarlberg ; † April 29, 2013 in Graz , Styria ) was an Austrian industrial designer and co-founder of the industrial design course at the FH Joanneum in Graz.

Life

Gerhard Heufler studied architecture at the Technical University of Graz and started his career as a product designer in 1970 at Siemens in Munich . From 1975 he worked as a freelance industrial designer in Graz and taught design analysis and ergonomics from 1979 to 1995 at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and at the Graz University of Technology.

In 1995, Gerhard Heufler and Gerald Kiska founded the Industrial Design course at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, which he has headed ever since. In 2006, the US magazine Business Week ranked the course among the 60 best design schools in Europe, Asia and North America. Heufler has received numerous state awards for design, including a small mine detector and the Camcopter S-100 , an unmanned helicopter, both of which were added to the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was also awarded the USA Industrial Design Excellence Design Award Gold in 2005. His design books were published in German, English and Chinese.

Works

with Gerald Kiska: Design Products: Project work at the Graz University of Applied Sciences 1996–2001. Niggli, Sulgen / Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3721204469 .
Design basics. From the idea to the product. Niggli, Sulgen / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-7212-0517-6 .
Design Products: Project work of the Graz University of Applied Sciences - Edition 2. Niggli, Sulgen / Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3721205305 .
Design impulses. Niggli, Sulgen / Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3721207484 .
Design impulses No. 2: Bikes, Cars, Colors more smart ideas. Niggli, Sulgen / Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3721207941 .

Awards

1985: State Prize for Good Form - "Kabfa", cable holder for facades (Mosdorfer)
1985: State Prize for Good Form - "Pieps DF", emergency transmitter and locating device for avalanche victims and thermal bag (Motronic Electronic Devices)
1992: State Prize for Design - Topturn 3000 compost turning machine (Komptech)
1995: State Prize for Design - Rail Milling Machine DHE 675 (Jenbacher Energiesysteme)
1997: State Prize for Design - Mimid Miniature Mine Detector mine detector (Schiebel Electronic Devices)
2005: State Prize for Design - Camcopter S-100, Unmanned Helicopter (Schiebel)
2005: USA Industrial Design Excellence Design Award Gold - self-propelled turner for triangular heaps Topturn X (Komptech)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Heufler, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH	1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dornbirn , Vorarlberg
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 2013
Place of death	Graz , Styria