Herbert H. Schultes

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Herbert H. Schultes (born October 31, 1938 ; † 2020 ) was a German designer .

Act

As chief designer at Siemens AG, Schultes had a decisive influence on the company's appearance and products. In addition to his job as a design manager, he has always developed his own designs for smaller companies. He campaigned for the interests of German design in numerous institutions. In 1996 he presented his concept of the “Design light”: “It is not enough to design the products just as eco-efficient, that is, to make them ecologically satisfactory; They must also be of high quality, reliable, safe and attractive in the future to the extent that it is trendy, in or even chic to own and use these products. "

After studying engineering and design in Munich, which he completed as a scholarship holder of the Kulturkreis in the Federal Association of German Industry , he worked as a designer at Siemens AG from 1961 to 1967 and was assistant to chief designer Edwin A. Schricker (1921–2008).

In 1967 he founded Schlagheck Schultes Design (today: Schlagheck Design ) in Munich together with Norbert Schlagheck .

In 1985 Herbert H. Schultes became chief designer at Siemens AG. Under the direction of Schultes, the design department was spun off in 1997 through a merger with the Group's exhibition stand construction department and initially operated as Siemens Design & Messe GmbH, and from 1999 as designafairs GmbH. From 1997 to 2000, Schultes was the company's managing director.

As chairman of the appearance of the Federal Republic of Germany, he is significantly involved in the preparation and execution of the International Design Conference Aspen (IDCA), which took place in 1996 under the motto "Design: Visions of German Design". It is the most comprehensive and important international presentation of German design to date.

Schultes was involved in setting up the industrial design course at the Munich University of Applied Sciences , after which he taught industrial design at the Cologne factory schools . He is an appointed member of the Free Academy of the Arts Mannheim, cultural research and mediation. Products that he or design teams designed under his direction can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art , New York and Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design .

Herbert Schultes worked in his studio on Ammersee near Munich until the end of his life.

Drafts (selection)

  • Movex S / SV narrow film cameras for Agfa-Geveart , 1967
  • macro pocket for Agfa-Geveart, 1978
  • 35mm camera Optima 1035 for Agfa-Geveart, 1978
  • Duktus chair for Bulthaup , 1996
  • Children's rain boots for elephants, 1981
  • Floor lamps Athene (2005), Orion, Numa (1996), Ops and Pilos for ClassiCon, Munich
  • Orbis table and floor lamp for ClassiCon, 1994
  • Halogen spotlights for Osram and Siemens, 1984
  • System 20 mobile kitchen for Bulthaup, 1997
  • Kitchen system b3 for Bulthaup, 2004
  • Mirrorwall for Duravit

Honors

  • 1995 Siemens Design receives the Design Team of the Year award (Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen)
  • Numerous awards from Industrie Forum Design Hannover, Design Center Stuttgart, red dot design award, Essen
  • 1997 Design Award of the City of Munich,
  • 2001 Award of the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2002 Federal Prize “Promoter of Design”, Federal Ministry of Economics
  • 2009 honorary membership of the German Designer Club for his life's work

literature

  • Siemens Industrial Design - 100 Years of Continuity in Change (German, English), Ed .: Hans Hermann Wetcke, Design Center Munich, Ostfildern, 2006, ISBN 3-7757-9181-7
  • Change of scene - German Design Goes Rocky Mountain High (German, English), publisher: Design Zentrum München, Hans Hermann Wetcke, Frankfurt 1997, ISBN 3-931317-37-4
  • How much design can the climate tolerate? - How much design can the climate take? - Starnberg Talks (German, English), publisher: iF International Forum Design, Hanover 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025908-1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative page by Herbert H. Schultes. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
  2. ^ Herbert H. Schultes: Design light . In: Design Report . November 1996, p. 38-40 .
  3. ↑ Eva-Maria Graw: Purism that gets under your skin . In: THE WORLD . August 22, 2001 ( welt.de [accessed April 20, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Remembering Herbert H. Schultes. Retrieved April 20, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ red dot design team of the year at red-dot.org
  6. ↑ German Designer Club: Honorary Members ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 10, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ddc.de

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personal data
SURNAME Schultes, Herbert H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1938
DATE OF DEATH 2020