pulpo galerie | contempary art + design
Riesgässchen 9 | D-79539 Lörrach
Phone: +49 7621 168 01 03 | Fax: +49 7621 168 01 03
Email: info@pulpo-galerie.com | Web: www.pulpo-galerie.com
Vita since 2007 freelance projects
2007 - 2012 teaching assistance at the Academy of Art and Design Offenbach am Main Germany, Department of Industrial
2007
2007
Design
Diploma at the Academy of Art and Design Offenbach am Main Germany, Department of Industrial Design setting up own studio
2003 - 2004 internship at Stella McCartney Ltd. London, UK
2001 - 2007 Academy of Art and Design Offenbach am Main Germany, Department of Industrial Design
Exhibitions 2014
Alle Metalle / all metal _ imm Cologne 14
Auf die Plätze _ Platform _ Munich
Dialog _ Rosenthal _ Munich
Confessions of Design _ Austrian Design Exhibition _ Milan
The Art of Living _ Triennale di Milano _ Milan
Rosenthal _ Bianco _ Milan
Wallpaper* Handmade _ Leclettico _ Milan
Exhibitions 2013 pulpo _ imm cologne 13
Böwer _ imm cologne 13
Moroso _ imm cologne 13
ClassiCon _ imm cologne 13
Vitra _ imm cologne 13 pulpo _ Maison&Objet Paris France
Glass is Tomorrow _ A Glass House Paris France
Imprint at Zur Schwäbischen Jungfrau _ Passionswege Vienna Austria
Wishing Table _ Czech Design Prague new olds _ Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen _ international tour
Exhibitions 2012 talents 10+1 _ Tendence Frankfurt pulpo _ imm cologne 12 pulpo _ Maison&Objet Paris France
Moroso _ Fiera Milano Rho _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
ClassiCon _ Fiera Milano Rho _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
De Vorm at Zona Tortona _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
LEFF Amsterdam at MOST _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Hallingdal 65 by Kvadrat _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
De Vorm _ Interieur Kortrijk Belgium
Moroso _ Orgatec Cologne
Shape your Life - Progetto Alcantara _ MAXXI Museum Rome Italy page 1 of 4

pulpo galerie | contempary art + design
Riesgässchen 9 | D-79539 Lörrach
Phone: +49 7621 168 01 03 | Fax: +49 7621 168 01 03
Email: info@pulpo-galerie.com | Web: www.pulpo-galerie.com
Exhibitions 2011
Trend Show 2011 _ imm cologne 11
MAVA-Contemporary Glass Art Museum of Alcorcon _ Alcorcon Madrid Spain
Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ ambiente Frankfurt
Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ Diamantenbörse Frankfurt
Design Plus Exhibition _ ambiente Frankfurt
Trend Show at ambiente _ ambiente Frankfurt
SaloneSatellite 14° _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
De Vorm at Ventura Lambrate _ Salone Internationale del Mobile Milan Italy
Design Deutschland 2011 _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Foundry _ Fiera Milano Rho _ Salone Internationale del Mobile Milan Italy
Boffi _ Via Solferino 11 _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Tacchini _ Fiera Milano Rho _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Design Deutschland 2011 _ ICFF New York USA new olds _ Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) _ international tour
Stilwerk limited edition design gallery _ Hamburg
Oh Tannenbaum _ at 25 branches of the Goethe-Institut worldwide
Design Deutschland 2011 _ Business of Design Week HongKong China
8th Christmas Tree Exhibition _ HfG Karlsruhe
Exhibitions 2010
[d3] design talents_contest _ imm cologne 10 ambiente Frankfurt
Luminale 2010 _ Light+Building Frankfurt
SaloneSatellite 13° _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Design Deutschland 2010 _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Design Deutschland 2010 _ ICFF New York USA
Gewebte Gärten _ Grassi Museum Leipzig
The Workshop at Studio Egret West _ London Design Festival UK
Hábitat Valencia _ Valencia Spain
Interieur 2010 _ Kortrijk Belgium
German Living _ Interior Lifestyle Shanghai China
Design Deutschland 2010 _ InnoDesignTech Expo HongKong China
Exhibitions 2009 informed by cologne 09_imm cologne 09
[d3] design talents_schools _ imm cologne 09
Talents Forum _ ambiente Frankfurt
SaloneSatellite 12° _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
YDMI Europe 2009 _ German Design Council _ Abitare Il Tempo Verona Italy
Exhibitions 2008
Heimtextil Frankfurt
[d3] design talents_contest _ imm cologne 08
[d3] design talents_schools _ imm cologne 08
Nachlux _ Passagen Köln
Garten 2008 _ Palmengarten Frankfurt
Talents _ tendence Frankfurt
Gate 73-75 _ Offenbach am Main
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin
Talent 2008 _ Designhuis Eindhoven Netherlands
Interieur 08 _ Kortrijk Belgium mytopanton _ Hessen Design Darmstadt
YDMI 2008 _ German Design Council _ Berlin
Christmas Tree Exhibition _ HfG Karlsruhe page 2 of 4

pulpo galerie | contempary art + design
Riesgässchen 9 | D-79539 Lörrach
Phone: +49 7621 168 01 03 | Fax: +49 7621 168 01 03
Email: info@pulpo-galerie.com | Web: www.pulpo-galerie.com
Exhibitions 2007
Garten 2007 _ Palmengarten Frankfurt
CityMöbel _ Offenbach am Main
Neues Design _ Hessen Design Darmstadt
That´s design _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy
Exhibitions 2006
Paper World Frankfurt
Designmai-Youngsters Berlin
Luminale 2006 _ Light+Building Frankfurt
Fresch _ Design im Park Frankfurt
Designers Week Tokio Japan
Art to Use Frankfurt
Christmas Tree Exhibition _ HfG Karlsruhe
Neues Design _ Hessen Design Wiesbaden
Awards
2014 Wallpaper* Design Award _ Best Folk _ Unam Lounge Chair for Very Wood
2013 Elle Deco Award China _ Best Outdoor Furniture 2013 _ Banjooli for Moroso
Elle Deco Award Czech Republic _ Best Tableware 2013 _ Chado for Verreum
EDIDA Elle Deco International Design Award 2012 _ nominee Best Newcomer
Raum und Wohnen Magazin _ Best Furniture of the Year 2013
2012 Elle Deco Award Germany 2012 _ Best Newcomer
Designpreis Deutschland 2012 _ nominee _ Piep Show Home
2011 DesignPlus Award 2011 _ winner _ Piep Show Home Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ Newcomer Finalist
Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ Newcomer Winner
Delta Award 2011 _ finalist _ Bell-Table
2010 Designpreis Deutschland 2010 _ nominee
Design Report Award 2010 _ nominee reddot design award _ winner 2010 _ Bell-Table
Monument for Alois Senefelder-competition_second prize
2009 imm cologne _ Best Communication Concept _ winner
2008 Heimtextil _ Young Contract Creations Award _ special mention
2003 Leonardo da Vinci – scholarship page 3 of 4

pulpo galerie | contempary art + design
Riesgässchen 9 | D-79539 Lörrach
Phone: +49 7621 168 01 03 | Fax: +49 7621 168 01 03
Email: info@pulpo-galerie.com | Web: www.pulpo-galerie.com
Person
Sebastian Herkner was born in 1981 in Bad Mergentheim. He studied product design at the HfG Offenbach am Main (Offenbach
University of Art and Design), already focusing during his studies on designing objects and furniture merging various cultural contexts, combining new technologies with traditional craftsmanship in order to highlight the multifaceted beauty of the materials and draw renewed attention to small details.
Whilst still a student, Herkner did an internship with Stella McCartney in London, which helped to hone his feeling for materials, colours, structures and textures. Since founding his own design studio in Offenbach am Main in 2006, he has designed products for manufacturers such as ClassiCon, Very Wood by Gervasoni, Moroso, Sancal, La Chance and Rosenthal, as well as working on interior design projects and for exhibitions and museums. Since 2007 he has taught several courses at HfG Offenbach am Main as visiting lecturer. His designs have received multiple prizes, for example the 2011 German Design Award in the Newcomer category.
// written by Markus Frenzl
“There is a sensitivity and identity to my work that emphasizes the function, the material and the detail. I transport and interpret characteristics from various contexts of society and culture and implement them in new artifacts. This character infuses the most everyday objects with respect and personality. In this manner, seemingly contrary things can experience esteem.“ Sebastian Herkner, born 1981, studied Product Design at Offenbach Design Academy. During his studies he did an internship at Stella McCartney in
London and developed a particular liking there for color, material and their connection. Since graduating from Offenbach in 2007 he has worked as assistant in the Product Design faculty and is in charge of projects in the realm of integrated design. As early as 2006
Sebastian Herkner established his own studio and has since then been involved in freelance projects for various companies and institutes. Alongside the design of exhibitions and trade fair presentations his second focus is on designing everyday objects. He is influenced in this by his observations of people and their actions. In this context it is important to look beyond your own disciplines in order to achieve a value-added for the user. Sebastian Herkner is not so much influenced by trends or current consumer criteria, because what interests him is a collage of simple techniques and traditional materials coupled with a simple mechanical principle and an unambiguous function. His idea of sustainability consists of employing traditional manufacturing techniques and their unique character.
He then combines and interprets this by employing new technologies and finishing methods. In spring 2010 his occasional table Bell-
Table was presented in New York in the collection of Spanish manufacturer ABR, which also received the red dot award 2010.
// written by German Design Council
Even at this early stage in his career Sebastian Herkner is attracting attention with his outstanding works. We can look forward to being surprised by more of his designs in the future.
// Roland Heiler, Managing Director Porsche Design GmbH page 4 of 4