Studio
Martha
Schwindling

Schwindling

Studio
M.Martha Schwindling

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About the Studio

I'm a product designer running my studio in Berlin since 2014. My main focus lies on designing functional objects, systems and spaces which aim for self-evidence in terms of concept, construction and use.
Other areas of my work include exhibitions and publications, preferably in collaboration with other designers as well as artists, architects and researchers.

I studied product design with the minor subjects communication design, art research and media art at HfG Karlsruhe. Before graduating in 2014 I interned with Stefan Diez, was a freelance designer for Bureau Kilian Schindler and spent a semester in the Visual and Critical Studies department of the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 2011 I have established my own practice and since then I have been working for various clients as well as on independent ventures.


Former assistants: Agnes Kelm, Tanguy Fraiture, Prak Piakot, Marta Pracht, Marie Radke, Emilia Knabe

Clients and References

Teaching

  • Since 2018:
    Designworkshops at Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium Berlin
2020
  • Teaching assignment at UDK Berlin
2019
  • Workshop at Bauhaus Uni Weimar
2018
  • Teaching assignment at HS Anhalt, Dessau

Exhibitions

2020
  • "A Concrete for the 'Other Half'", Bauhaus Dessau: research, curation, exhibition design
  • "Errata", HKW Berlin: exhibition design and coordination for Ariella Aïsha Azoulay's contribution "Imperial Publications"
2019
  • I-DEA Matera: exhibition design
  • "Enter Porcelain", Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan: contribution
2018
  • Salone Satellite, Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan: contribution
  • "Materials Culture", Orgatec Cologne: contribution
2017
  • "My Canvas", London Design Festival: contribution
  • "kkaarlls", Café Kunsthalle Baden-Baden: contribution
  • Designers Market, imm Cologne: contribution
2016
  • "Klarheit und Form", Bundeskunsthalle Bonn: contribution
2015
  • “Rethink the Modular”, Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, Fuorisalone: contribution
  • Forecast Forum, HKW Berlin: contribution
2014
  • "kkaarrlls", Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, Fuorisalone: contribution
2012
  • „The Sun Heat Project“, Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, Fuorisalone: contribution, exhibition design and coordination
2011
  • Wallpaper* “Handmade”, Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, Fuorisalone: contribution
  • “Design: kkaarrlls! Furnishings to Come”, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe: contribution
2010
  • D3 Contest by the German Design Council, imm Cologne: contribution
  • Lodz Design Festival: contribution

Awards

2019
  • Beyond Bauhaus – Prototyping the Future: award winner
2017
  • Raumpioniere – architecture competition by the Ludwigsburg Museum: special mention
  • German Design Award: Nominee 2018
2015
  • German Design Award: Nominee 2016
  • selected for the Forecast Forum at HKW Berlin
2014
  • German Design Award: Nominee 2015
2014
  • scholarship from the IKEA Foundation
2012
  • Gunther-Schroff-Scholarship
  • Baden-Württemberg-Scholarship
2011
  • D3 CONTEST of the German Design Council: nominee
2010
  • High-Tec Design Award of the Hoepfner Foundation Karlsruhe: first prize
2009
  • GO IN Design Award: first prize
  • stipend from the Incorporated Society for the Development of Art and Media Technology

Contact

Studio Martha Schwindling
Nogatstraße 15
12051 Berlin
Germany

+49 (0)178 / 8 32 01 54

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