Aachener Zeitung

FAB POP-UP store

Three years ago Patricia and me as representatives of designmetropole aachen founded a society we called 'FAB - Fashion Across Borders' together with Mode Museum Hasselt in Belgium and fashionclash in Maastricht The Netherlands.
We defined as our goal to give young fashion designers from our region a visibility push and strong networking experiencse with the regional fashion industry, store owners, politicians, administration, customers etc.
One of our means would be setting up temporary Pop-Up-Stores in different cities of our region of north-east Belgium, southern Netherlands and the very west of Germany.
After the great successes in Hasselt 2011 and in Maastricht 2012, Aachen is the # 3 edition of the fabulous FAB store.
We will showcase and sell designs by 34 (!) jury-selected designers.
Supported by the ministry of cultural affairs of North-Rhine-Westphalia, the department of economic affairs of the city of Aachen, the city of Hasselt, Sparkasse Aachen and our friend and mentor Volker Lang.
24 NOV - 28 DEC 2013
GRAND OPENING PARTY 24 NOV 5pm

PECHA KUCHA #3

The 3rd Edition of PECHA KUCHA Maastricht visits Aachen was a great success! A cooperation projekt between designmetropole aachen and Wirtschaftsförderung Stadt Aachen. And special Thanks to our partners from PechaKucha Foundation Maastricht.

SURFACE CLASH project 2nd edition

For FH Aachen's engineering department and design academy maastricht's jewelry design department.
Students of these two studies learn to speak two entirely different kinds of language. One searches for the single optimum technical solution while the other has to convince you why one very personal choice out of a million is indeed good.
3D-printing and rapid prototyping pose and excellent playground for both kinds of students be thrown into one-on-one teams.
The stepped surface of an object coming out of a maker bot is something engineers think should be eliminated in the future. Designers on the other hand might find this kind of sparkly flip-flop surface structure inspiring and that these 'deficiencies' can be used as a basis for a form, a surface or an object e.g. a piece of jewelry.
Working on the designs from both perspectives could hone the students' 'intercultural' communication skills for working successfully and optimistically in interdisciplinary industry product development teams the sometime in their future after university.

show at volker lang is all set up

psycho furniture collection @ VOLKER LANG store / VERNISSAGE 22 june 2013

Nach erfolgreichem Auftritt auf der Mailänder Möbelmesse ist die "psycho furniture collection" von PYG® & SÜLZKOTLETT® jetzt zu Gast bei VOLKER LANG in Aachen!!
Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur Vernissage am 22.06.2013 von 16-20 Uhr mit music, snacks & drinks…
Wir freuen uns!!

After a sucessful show at the international furniture fair in Milan, we are now presenting our "psycho furniture collection" by PYG® & SÜLZKOTLETT® at the lovely VOLKER LANG store in Aachen!!
We heartily invite you to our vernissage on Saturday 22 june 2013 between 4-8 pm with music, snacks & drinks...
Happy to see you!!

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2013, MILAN ITALY

AND WE LOVE THE PIECES DESPITE THEIR LITTLE DEFICIENCIES :-)
Me and Patricia Yasmine Graf of PYG® developed a new series together: the PSYCHO FURNITURE collection.

1 hyperactive chair 
2 depressive lamp 
3 anorexic bed 
4 borderline chair 
5 split personality dresser 
6 split personality closet
+ Jessica Bala's great PHOBIA cup & saucer
Premiering at SALONE SATELLITE of SALONE DEL MOBILE 2013.
9 - 14 APRIL 2013
SALONE SATELLITE
FÜNF GERMAN STUDIOS booth no. C9
Fiera RHO, Milan, Italy

'making of psycho furniture' on TV

WDR Lokalzeit Aachen 22 March 2013

industrial design course of engineering master students

I am teaching the 3rd edition at FH Aachen Maschinenbau und Mechatronik

SURFACE CLASH PROJECT #1

I am developing a new project for FH Aachen's engineering department and design academy maastricht's jewelry design department.
Students of these two studies learn to speak two entirely different kinds of language. One searches for the single optimum technical solution while the other has to convince you why one very personal choice out of a million is indeed good.
3D-printing and rapid prototyping pose and excellent playground for both kinds of students be thrown into one-on-one teams.
The stepped surface of an object coming out of a maker bot is something engineers think should be eliminated in the future. Designers on the other hand might find this kind of sparkly flip-flop surface structure inspiring and that these 'deficiencies' can be used as a basis for a form, a surface or an object e.g. a piece of jewelry.
Working on the designs from both perspectives could hone the students' 'intercultural' communication skills for working successfully and optimistically in interdisciplinary industry product development teams the sometime in their future after university.
The name for this project will be 'SURFACE CLASH' and it is starting now :-)

NOMINATED. 2013 SALONE SATELLITE AWARD.

Proud to announce:
My LILLY LACEY lamp just got nominated for the 2013 Milan, Italy, SALONE SATELLITE AWARD!