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Michael Sohn, 2014

Michael Sohn (born October 25, 1957 in Berlin ) is a German industrial designer specializing in rail vehicles.

Life

Grew up in East Berlin, after training as a machinist with a high school diploma at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (KHB), from 1979 to 1984 he studied industrial design under Erich John , Alfred Hückler , Dietmar Palloks and Christa Petroff-Bohne . After graduating, Sohn worked in the Berlin studio of the VEB design project and worked on various products, from razors to agricultural machines. From 1986 he was a member of the Berlin Head of Forms and Crafts of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK).

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Michael Sohn moved to the design team at Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke (LEW) in Hennigsdorf under the leadership of Lutz Gelbert in 1990 . The company changed ownership several times in the following years and traded as AEG (1992–1995), Adtranz (1996–2001) and from 2001 as Bombardier Transportation . Until 2005 he worked as deputy team leader for various vehicle projects. He has been in charge of industrial design since 2006 and is currently responsible for the Central and Eastern Europe region and the CIS countries.

From 2016 he will lead the Bombardier internal global network of industrial designers, the so-called Center of Competence (CoC) for industrial design, to which all designers employed by Bombardier Transportation belong.

In addition to his academic training as an industrial designer and practicing it, Sohn dealt with the history of shipping and shipbuilding at an early stage. The acquaintance with the Berlin painter and graphic artist Georg Seyler had a decisive influence on him. This resulted in works in the illustrative and journalistic area for magazines and publishers such as Modellbau heute , Alte Schiff or the Hinstorff Verlag .

Works

Designed products

  • Line 1 metro for Guangzhou, 1993
  • Diesel multiple unit VT 612 ( Regioswinger ), 1996
  • Itino diesel multiple unit , 2000
  • Talent 2 electric multiple unit , 2006
  • Double-decker trains Twindexx Vario and Twindexx Express , 2008/2010
  • ZEFIRO high-speed train , 2010

photos

  • Itino diesel multiple unit for a Swedish regional rail operator

  • Regioswinger diesel multiple unit for the Croatian State Railways

  • Electric multiple unit Talent 2 of the DB for the Rostock S-Bahn

  • Test train CRH380D ( Zefiro 380 ) of the Chinese State Railways in Guangzhou

  • Double-decker coach TwindexxVario of the DB for intercity traffic

  • Class 490 multiple unit of the Hamburg S-Bahn

Publications

Illustration: Frigate Berlin in the Storm, 1987
  • On rivers and canals , Transpress Verlag, 1988, co-illustrator together with Ch. Geyer and M. Gneckow, ISBN 3-344-00102-7
  • Three-masted galiot Friedrich Wilhelm der 2nd from 1789 , from the Blue Series of Hinstorff Verlag and Delius Klasing & Co, Rostock and Bielefeld 1990, co-author with Ch.Geyer and D. Lexow, ISBN 3-356-00323-2 , ISBN 3 -7688-0687-1
  • Ships under steam , from the key book series by Altberliner Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-357-00122-5
  • Maritime Landscapes , Book on Demand 2012, ISBN 978-3-8448-0938-1
  • Kaffenkähne , self-published by Michael Sohn 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-041659-0
  • Wooden fishing boats on the southern Baltic coast , self-published by Michael Sohn 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-044904-8
  • Georg Seyler 1915–1998 - Painting of the ship and its landscape , self-published by Michael Sohn 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049526-7
  • Various magazine articles in Modellbau today , 1984–1993
  • Various magazine articles in ModellWerft , 1993–1995
  • Various magazine articles in Old Ships 1990–1995
  • A quarter of a century of rail vehicle design from Hennigsdorf (1981–2006) in Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau (ETR) 4/2007, pp. 224–226
  • The interior of the TWINDEXX Express - A design challenge in Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau (ETR) 11/2016, pp. 42–46
  • Von Polten und Quatzen - Pomeranian fishing and dealer vehicles , self-published by Michael Sohn 2016, co-author with Helmut Olszak and editor, ISBN 978-3-00-052098-3
  • Historical guild models - treasures in the Oranienburg Regional Museum , self-published by Michael Sohn 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-061887-1

Awards

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1984: Working group for shipping and naval history , Berlin City Library
  • 1986: Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, section commercial graphics, Visuell86 , Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower
  • 1986: Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, first exhibition of Berlin Young Artists , Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower
  • 1987: Association of Fine Artists of the GDR, Xth Art Exhibition of the GDR , Dresden
  • 1989: Working group for shipping and naval history / NAVIGA , Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower
  • 1989/1990: Association of Fine Artists of the GDR, Section Arts and Crafts and Design, Art and Form , Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower
  • 1993: International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), New Lands - New Paths , Potsdam, Leipzig, Erfurt, Frankfurt a. M., Dresden, Hanover, New York
  • 2012: Sociocultural Center Ratz-Fatz e. V. , Maritime Drawing - Maritime Illustration , Berlin

literature

  • Nikolaus Doll (author): Many trains are too ugly for the world , in Die Welt from April 23, 2008
  • Ulrich Bergt: Designers give trains a "face" , in Märkische Allgemeine (MAZ) of February 4, 2008, pp. 15 and 19
  • Armin Scharf (Author): A very special industry , in Design Report 05/2010
  • Railroad courier
  • Autodesk Customer Success Story
  • Face of the future in Privatbahn Magazin, 5/2012, pp. 12–16
  • Roland Becker (author): An S-Bahn without teething troubles , in Oranienburger Generalanzeiger from April 30, 2014
  • Peter Neumann (author): The new S-Bahn trains stand for Berlin , in Berliner Zeitung from April 29, 2014
  • Gerald Dietz (Author): Gleisjets und Hamsterbacken , in Märkische Allgemeine (MAZ) of June 23, 2014, p. 32
  • Armin Scharf (author): Designer for everything , in Design Report 04/2014, p. 11
  • Where Technology Meets Aesthetics in Move, Bombardier customer magazine, 09/2014, p. 18
  • Armin Scharf (Author): IM ZUG DER ZEIT , in Design Report 06/2016, pp. 60–64
  • How do we ride the subway happily, son? , Short interview in Der Spiegel 2017/7
  • Excellence by Design in Move, Bombardier customer magazine, 09/2017,

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Web archive Georg Seyler
  2. ↑ Guangzhou Metro portrait
  3. ↑ Multiple unit VT 612 on Bahn.de ( memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bahn.de
  4. ↑ Twindexx - A New Era of Rail Travel ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Product brochure, (PDF, 9.5 MB), Bombardier Transportation @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bombardier-transportation.ch
  5. ↑ A New Sense Of Speed , Zefiro Webpage from Bombardier
  6. ↑ Interior of the TWINDEXX Express ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 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. ETR 11/2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurailpress.de
  7. ^ Design award of the GDR
  8. ^ Good Design Award Archive
  9. ^ IF Online Exhibition
  10. ↑ German Design Award 2013 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.german-design-council.de
  11. ↑ German Design Award 2015 ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gallery.designpreis.de
  12. ↑ German Design Award 2016 ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gallery.designpreis.de
  13. ↑ Winner of the Brandenburg Design Prize 2013 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.designpreis-bb.de
  14. ↑ Winner of the Brandenburg Design Award 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.designpreis-bb.de
  15. ↑ Winner of the Brandenburg Design Award 2019
  16. ↑ Red Dot Award 2014 for TWINDEXX double-decker multiple unit
  17. ↑ Red Dot Award 2015 for ICx high-speed multiple unit
  18. ↑ Many trains are too ugly for the world , in Die Welt, April 23, 2008
  19. ↑ A very special industry ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in Design Report 05/2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.design-report.de
  20. ↑ Design award for the Zefiro high-speed train , 2012, in Eisenbahn Kurier
  21. ↑ Customer Success Story from Autodesk
  22. ↑ An S-Bahn without teething problems , in Oranienburger Generalanzeiger, April 30, 2014
  23. ↑ The new S-Bahn trains stand for Berlin , in Berliner Zeitung on April 29, 2014
  24. ^ Move, Bombardier customer magazine, 09/2014
  25. ^ Bombardier (ed.): MOVE, Bombardier customer magazine . ( bombardier.com [accessed February 23, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Son, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer for rail vehicles
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin