Martin Topel

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Martin Topel (born May 23, 1962 in Munich ) is a German industrial designer and university professor.

Life

Topel studied industrial design at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt . After working for Matteo Thun in Milan , he co-founded Studio Topel and Pauser Industrial Design in 1990 . By 2000, offices were opened in Stuttgart, Darmstadt and Frankfurt.

He was appointed to the German Werkbund in 1999 . He has received several awards for his work, including several iF Design Awards and the red dot design award .

In 2000 he received a call to the chair for capital goods and system design (design) of the University of Wuppertal . His chair deals with the product development of capital goods and product systems. The focus is on the analysis and evaluation of the holistic product context and the development of innovations capable of intellectual property rights within the framework of functional and economic framework conditions.

In 2001, together with Gert Trauernicht Visionlabs at the University of Wuppertal, he founded a project platform for visionary product development with industrial partners. In 2002 the agency Squareone GmbH was founded in Düsseldorf .

Awards

  • 1990: Marlboro Design Sponsorship Award, in collaboration with industrial designer Axel Baumhöfner
  • 1991: Design Innovation, Design Center NRW
  • 1991: Award of Master, Corporate Design & Video
  • 1992: Design center NRW for "high design quality"
  • 1993: Packaging innovation award, Duales System Bonn
  • 1994: Federal Prize f. outstanding innovative performance
  • 1994: IF Design Award , Hanover
  • 1994: Federal Product Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1994: Plastic Product of the Year
  • 1995: IF Design Award, Hanover
  • 1995: IF Design Award, Hanover, Ecology
  • 1995: Design Innovation, Design Center NRW
  • 1997: Swiss Design Prize
  • 1998: Plastic Product of the Year
  • 1998: Design Austria 1 × award, 2 × recognitions
  • 1998: IF Design Award, Hanover
  • 1999: Design Award Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 1999: Design Innovation, Design Center NRW
  • 1999: Design Center Stuttgart Design Prize
  • 1999: Swiss Design Prize
  • 2001: IF Design Award, Hanover
  • 2002: Design Center Stuttgart
  • 2003: Red Dot, Design Center NRW, Essen
  • 2007: Nomination for the " German Design Award " from the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2007: IF Design Award, Hanover
  • 2008: Red Dot, Design Center NRW, Essen
  • 2009: IF Design Award, Hanover
  • 2009: Nomination for the " German Design Award " from the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Form follows fun: Design-Förderpreis" , Hochparterre Volume (year): 2 (1989). Issue 5
personal data
SURNAME Topel, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial designer and professor at the University of Wuppertal
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich