*1949
Frankfurt am Main |
1968
Abitur |
1968/76
Studying architecture at RWTH Aachen, Diploma |
since 1976
Working as an architect |
since 1982
Design of furniture, lamps and interiors
Participant at various design exhibitions |
since 1982
Working as a writer Bauwelt, Design Report, Domus, Form, Hochparterre, Der Standard, Kunstzeitung books and catalogues) |
1994 - 2001
Permanent contribution for the Journal of Design design report |
1992 - 1994
Member of the Commission d`achat der FNAC (Fondation National des Arts Contemporain), Paris |
1994
Professur fr Produktdesign
Staatliche Hochschule fr Gestaltung, Karlsruhe |
1996
Co-editor of: formdiskurs
Zeitschrift fr Design und Theorie / Journal of Design and Theory |
1998
Member of the board of the Institut fr Auslandsbeziehungen e. V. (ifa/Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations), Stuttgart |
1998
Start of the world tour of the ifa-exhibition bewusst, einfach (consciously simple), Vitra-Design Museum, Weil am Rhein |
2000
Marking Design plus for the design of the lamp downlight |
2001
Marking Internationaler Designpreis Baden-Wrttemberg for the design of the lamp downlight |
2001
Start of the world tour of the ifa-exhibition Come-in, Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv |
2003
Permanent contribution for the Journal of Design form: albus at last |
2004
Guest-professorship at der CAFA / Beijing (Central Academy of Fine Arts) |
2005
Start of the world tour of the ifa-exhibition anders als immer (somewhat different), Townhouse Gallery, Cairo |
2009
Founding of kkaarrlls, Designplatform of the Karslruhe University of Arts and Design |
2011
Start of the world tour of the ifa-exhibition new olds, Design Museum Holon, Israel |