Stefan Brodbeck

Stefan Brodbeck (* 1962 in Munich ) is a German designer .

Life

After studying product design and architecture in Kassel , Stefan Brodbeck started at the Viennese architecture office Eichinger or Knechtl , where he worked on projects such as the development of lights and furniture for the Federal Chancellery in Vienna or the design of the festival rooms for the Ars Electronica 1991 as well as the associated computer-aided exhibition “ Pioneers of Electronic Art ”. This was followed by project work for the design office frogdesign in Germany, later also in Palo Alto , USA.

In 1994 Stefan Brodbeck founded his own design office in Munich, brodbeck design - design based on people , which today employs ten people. The focus of his work is industrial design , furniture design and exhibition design.

At the end of the 1990s, Brodbeck began long-term collaboration with the world market leader for office furniture, Steelcase . The first product became known under the name “Revolution at Work”: a system of furniture consisting of a table and wall modules that can be flexibly adapted to the needs of the user. The “Frisco” desk system was an innovation at that time and was therefore exhibited in New York in 2001 in the “Worksphere” exhibition for future working environments at MOMA in New York.

One specialization of the design office is "Universal Design". Together with experts from science and marketing, brodbeck design developed a new product category, the trans-generational products: products that are suitable for several generations. For this purpose, a scientific cooperation with the “Generation Research Program” (GRP) of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich was established. Under the name "design & usability", products are tested for their usability and acceptance, in particular to meet the requirements of older people. The combination of science and design is unique in the product design sector.

Fields of activity

Development of products in the areas of office, bathroom, kitchen, medical technology, electronics, lighting, sports, exhibition and trade fair design as well as universal design.

Honourings and prices

• Exhibitor at Inno DesignTech in Hong Kong 2010 with the generation cell phone Bluefon
• Exhibitor at EXPO Taiwan 2011 with the Kalidro table system
• Good Design Award Japan
• Exhibitor at EXPO Shanghai 2010 with the generation cell phone Bluefon
• iF gold award
• IF Award
• red dot design award
• Good Design Award
• Focus Open
• Focus Green
• DP3D The Golden Flame
• Interzum Award
• Design Plus Award
• Nominations for the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany
• AIT design award,
• The Museum of Modern Art

Interviews

• What is a designer video with Stefan Brodbeck about

Web links

• brodbeckdesign.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stylepark.com/de/designer/stefan-brodbeck
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3. ↑ http://www.brainguide.de/grp
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