The Tauber-Collection will be launched by Pulpo at imm cologne and Maison&Objet in Paris in January. The idea behind the design of Tauber-Collection is based on the dealing with conventional coverings of ventilation shafts. The typical character of surfaces, covers and structures made of metal is rudimental of the design and the construction. The diagonal bends of the brass plate are important for the stability as well as the pattern. The collection consists of the cabinet, the bench and the containers. The Tauber-Cabinet is a symbiosis between a bench and a sideboard.

produced by Pulpo
2012

16 January – 22 January
Pulpo, hall 11/1, booth F-40
imm cologne, Germany

20 January – 24 January
Pulpo, hall 6, booth I9
Maison&Objet Paris, France

Merry x-mas and a happy new year 2012.
My Christmas tree “Holy night – naughty night” takes part in the Christmas Tree Exhibition 2011 at the HfG Karlsruhe.
You can find more information on www.ohtannenbaum.org

16 December – 21 December
8th Christmas Tree Exhibition_HfG Karlsruhe

In December 2011 selected trees will be on display in exhibitions at 25 Goethe-Institutes around the world. The Christmas trees are designed by Werner Aisslinger, Volker Albus, Hanna Ersting, Sebastian Herkner, Hansjerg Maier-Aichen, Cecilie Manz and …

Locations: Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Beirut, Bratislava, Curitiba, Glasgow, Helsinki, Krakow, Ljubljana, Lyon, Madrid, Montreal, Nancy, Oslo, Ramallah, Rom, Thessaloniki, Trieste, Vilnius, Warsaw, Wellington, Yaoundé.

Citoyenne is a new award of the Citoyen Foundation in Frankfurt am Main. Sebastian Herkner and Reinhard Dienes designed this trophy, which will be awarded 2012 for the first time. The Citoyen Foundation supports with its engagement social projects between the cultures. The graphic design is done by Marie Schoppmann.

in collaboration with Reinhard Dienes and Marie Schoppmann
commissioned by Citoyen Foundation

www.citoyenne.de

Follow studio Sebastian Herkner on Facebook to get the latest updates on current projects and undertakings, new launches, appearances, press previews and general information.

studio Sebastian Herkner at Facebook – press here

Some of my lightings are published in the new book LUX – lamps & Lights by the Gestalten Verlag Berlin.
The effect of light cannot be overestimated. The most splendid interior will not shine without adequate lighting.
In the last few years, a new school of lamp designers and light manufacturers have taken the lead in creating and developing a new frontier of domestic lighting. These innovative solutions reflect the cutting-edge of contemporary furniture design, interior design, and architecture as much as a recent quantum leap in illumination technology. Lux offers an inspiring range of these current approaches to lamps and lighting that represent a fundamental change in the aesthetic and technical possibilities available.

Editors: R. Klanten, K. Bolhöfer, S. Ehmann

The Clip-Chair produced by De Vorm will be showcased in Helsinki, London, Amsterdam, Berlin and finally Zurich.
Keeping the philosophy of De Vorm in mind, the Clip Chair has been designed environmentally friendly without wasting any material during the production process. The result is a classic, detail-oriented and solid chair made of selected, high-quality ash.
The Clip Chair is a refined design with a distinctive feature. The idea behind the ‘Clip’ is the colouring of the attachment between the back and the
legs of the chair, whereas the colour stands in direct contrast to the wooden elements. The charm and the beauty of the Clip lies hidden in its functional simplicity.

ash, vinyl & ash wood

produced by De Vorm
2011

Helsinki Design Week
Helsinki, Finland

The Tramshed _ London Design Festival
London, UK

Qubique
Berlin, Germany

Neue Räume
Zurich, Switzerland

I am happy to announce that the birdhouse “Piep Show Home” for Radius-Design is nominated for the Designpreis Deutschland 2012 – the German Design Award.
The German Design Award is sponsored by the German Design Council. The German Design Award is bestowed in recognition of outstanding achievements in the fields of product design and communication design.

The Limited Edition Design Gallery at the Stilwerk in Hamburg will showcase selected prototypes and objects from eight remarkable designers. The exhibition is called PROJEKTRAUM 1.0 – Design an der Schnittstelle zur Kunst and will present Daniel Klapsing, Elisa Strozyk, Eva Marguerre, Marcel Besau, Marie Burkhard, Milia Seyppel, Reinhard Dienes and Sebastian Herkner.
Studio Sebastian Herkner will present his sidetable Nomis and Ander in this gallery.

22 July – 18 August
Limited Edition Design Gallery at Stilwerk , Hamburg

vernissage
21 July, at 07.00p.m.

On a trip to Spain I visited a great company producing yarns with paper. This was the starting point of the designs of the Bask collection. Together with a basket maker of Bavaria and the paper company I developed a special paper and technique to use the yarns for 3 dimensional objects. A metal grid supports the shaping of the baskets and bowls.
Basks are objects to store things. Upside down you can use them like small side tables.

paper yarn & steel
2011

12 April – 17 April
SaloneSatellite 2011, hall 22-24, booth E15
Fiera Milano Rho, Italy

Design Deutschland 2011 at Zona Tortona, Via Tortona 32

Ander are a collection of tables inspired by funnels and cones. The combination of materials and colours as well as the interaction between openess and closeness make a difference. The open volumes afford space to put things. You can interact with the volume, surface and capacity of the objects by storing things. The tables become individual objects.

ash wood, steel & tinted glass
2011

12 April – 17 April
SaloneSatellite 2011, hall 22-24, booth E15
Fiera Milano Rho, Italy

Keeping the philosophy of De Vorm in mind, the Clip Chair has been designed environmentally friendly without wasting any material during the production process. The result is a classic, detail-oriented and solid chair made of selected, high-quality ash.
The Clip Chair is a refined design with a distinctive feature. The idea behind the ‘Clip’ is the colouring of the attachment between the back and the
legs of the chair, whereas the colour stands in direct contrast to the wooden elements. The charm and the beauty of the Clip lies hidden in its functional simplicity.

ash, vinyl & ash wood

produced by De Vorm
2011

12 April – 17 April
SaloneSatellite 2011, hall 22-24, booth E15
Fiera Milano Rho, Italy

Clip Chair for De Vorm at Ventura Lambrate _ Via Massimiano 23

My design Perserfell takes part at the new exhibition called new olds – Design between Tradition and Innovation curated by Volker Albus. There are also designs by Karen Ryan, Martí Guixé, Martino Camper, Kai Linke, Front, Matali Crasset or Kilian Schindler on display.

from 25. May
Design Museum Holon _ Tel Aviv _ Israel

The Bell Table has been chosen as one of the finalists in the 34rd edition of the Spanish Delta Awards 2011.

New products at SaloneSatellite 14° at Fiera Milano Rho _ hall 22-24, stand E15
I will present a new range of products such as baskets, tables and a wooden chair on my presentation at Salone Satellite together with German designers Reinhard Dienes and Kai Linke.

Clip Chair for De Vorm at Ventura Lambrate _ Via Massimiano 23
Keeping the philosophy of Dutch brand De Vorm in mind, the Clip Chair (see picture) has been designed environmentally friendly without wasting any material during the production process. The result is a classic, detail-oriented and solid chair made of selected, high-quality ash. In addition to different colours, the Clip Chair is also available in a cushioned version. An armrest version and a suitable table will follow at 100% Design Rotterdam end of May.

Basks at Design Deutschland 2011 at Zona Tortona _ Via Tortona 32
From April 12-17, 2011, the German Design Council will be presenting the Design Deutschland 2011 exhibition at the FuoriSalone in Milan. The current show combines current products by established brands and unpublished prototypes by young German design talents primarily to demonstrate the three attributes which shape german design in past, present and future: functionality, clarity and unobtrusiveness. I will present there my new project called Bask of paper braided baskets.

Epos for Foundry at Fiera Milano Rho _ hall 8, stand E47
The shelf Epos is made of solid wood and powder-coated metal elements. The design concept makes a multitude of combinations in the distance of the boards and their length possible. Epos works either as a singular element or as shelving wall in a straight line. The stability of the shelf enable it to be used as a freestanding room divider or as a traditional against-the-wall unit.
in collaboration with Reinhard Dienes

Bell-Light at Boffi _ Via Solferino 11
My floor lamp Bell-Light is on display at the Boffi Showroom in Milan and also published in the new Boffi catalogues.

Bell-Light at Tacchini _ Fiera Milano Rho _ hall 16, stand B20
The floor lamp Bell-Light takes part in the presentation of new products of the Italian brand Tacchini.

I was very overwhelmed for getting this awesome Designpreis Deutschland Newcomer award.
I want to thank the Jury, the German Design Council and the Messe Frankfurt for the festive event and ceremony. I also want to thank Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, my colleagues and friends and finally the great institutions and companies I can work with and for.
Thank you all.

The birdhouse Piep Show Home won a Design Plus Award 2011 at the Ambiente in Frankfurt.
The birdhouse has the advantage to get fixed easily with a simple adjustable strap to trees and any kind of columns. The corpus of the birdhouse is manufactured through traditional metal compression process. The entrance of the front made of larch wood fits for the size of titmice.

you can order the birdhouse here

Verreum will present the table accessories “norma” for the first time. Bowl, vase and candle holder are made of silvered glass. Silvered glass, also known as Mercury Glass is double-walled glassware with a silver coating inside the walls. Each manufacturer had their own recipe, which was a closely guarded secret. The design of Norma frames and highlights the flowers, fruits or candles with the auras of their shape.
You can find norma at the presentation of Designpreis Deutschland 2011 and the booth of Verreum at Ambiente.

11 February – 15 February
Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ Newcomer
Ambiente Frankfurt
Galleria 1

Verreum
Ambiente Frankfurt
Hall 4.0 | Stand E87

produced by Verreum

Bell-Table, produced by ABR. takes part at the Interior Trend Exhibition by imm cologne. The presentation provides a widely diverse and yet uniquely detailed forecast of the season 2011.
With “Emotional Austerity”, “Surprising Empathy”, “Re-Balancing” and “Transforming Perspectives” the current topic of sustainability of forms and products is shown in a creative setting as well as the consumers' wishes associated with them, into four thematic areas.

This year, the product-designers Harald Gründl, Patricia Urquiola and Defne Koz, the textile-designer Martin Leuthold as well as the journalist Marco Velardi participated in the international expert committee of the international trend board of the imm cologne.

18 January – 23 January
imm cologne 11 | Germany
pure village | hall 3.2

“Sobriety”, “Mix Mash”, “Utility” and “Wilderness” are the new textil trends 2011, which are published in the book Heimtextil Trend 2011/12 – Reconnect. My lamp Bell-Light represents the trend “Utility”.
The creative personalities The Future Laboratory (Great Britain), Baolab (Italy), bora.herke (Germany), Stijlinstituut Amsterdam (Netherlands), Carlin International (France) and DAN Projekt (Japan) took part presented innumerable illustrations, colours, new materials and textures from all over the world.
The trends and the book will be presented at the fair Heimtextil in Frankfurt in January 2011.

Tauber-Cabinet, Bell-Table for ABR. and the birdhouse for Radius are published in the new trend guide Interior Trends 2011 by imm cologne. It provides a widely diverse and yet uniquely detailed forecast of the season 2011.
With “Emotional Austerity”, “Surprising Empathy”, “Re-Balancing” and “Transforming Perspectives” the current topic of sustainability of forms and products is shown in a creative setting as well as the consumers' wishes associated with them, into four thematic areas.

This year, the product-designers Harald Gründl, Patricia Urquiola and Defne Koz, the textile-designer Martin Leuthold as well as the journalist Marco Velardi participated in the international expert committee of the international trend board of the imm cologne.

My new series of lamps “Bell-Light pendant” will be presented at German Living at Interior Lifestyle Shanghai 2010. Bell-Light pendant is a new member of the Bell-Light family. It´s a luminaire inspired by spotlights and reflectors. The changeable lampshades are made of copper, steel or textile and influence the atmosphere, temperature and colour of light of a lamp. You can change and fix the separate lampshades with a clip ring to the body of the lamp. The bodies of the spots are manufactured through traditional metal compression process in brass, copper or steel.

13 October – 16 October
German Living_Interior Lifestyle Shanghai
Shanghai Exhibition Center_Shanghai China
9.00 am – 5.00 pm

I´ve been shortlisted to be one of the five Newcomer Finalists of the German Design Price 2011. The winner will be announced during the award ceremony of Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland at Ambiente Fair in Frankfurt on the 11th of February 2011.

I will present my studio and designs at the presentation German Living at the Interior Lifestyle Shanghai in the middle of October. The presentation will be supported by Messe Frankfurt and Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology of Germany.

13 October – 16 October
German Living_Interior Lifestyle Shanghai
Shanghai Exhibition Center_Shanghai China
9.00 am – 5.00 pm

During The London Design Festival 2010 Places & Spaces is curating a show space within the workshop of the highly acclaimed architects Studio Egret West in the heart of Clerkenwell, London.
My design Bell-Table, produced by ABR. will be on display as well as products of companies like Droog, Moustache, RollandHill, Mint, Spell, Judith Seng or Matter.

21 September – 26 September
The Workshop_London Design Festival
Studio Egret West_40 Compton Street, London
10.30 am – 6.00 pm

Together with mac-die Messeexperten, I designed the concept and booth of the presentation of the 1st De’Longhi Design Academy, which was started in April 2010 under the leadership of Helmut Geltner, Managing Director of De’Longhi Germany.
In cooperation with the renowned Academy of Art and Design Offenbach, the 1st De’Longhi Design Academy called upon 12 budding designers to draft visions for the “bean-to-cup coffee machines 2020plus”. Together with Professor Peter Eckart and his Assistants Sebastian Herkner and Reinhard Dienes, both graduate designers, the students developed visionary models which are being presented to the press and the public for the first time at the IFA 2010 trade fair in Berlin.

3 September – 8 September
De´Longhi Design Academy_IFA Berlin
pavilion 6.1, stand 101
10.00 am – 6.00 pm

www.design-academy.de

In addition to the eminent author, the exhibition “Goethe and the plants” visualises Goethe as a high administrative official and member of the government of the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar — and as a life-long lover of the natural sciences. He studied optics, geology (he was responsible for several mining projects), mineralogy, climatology, zoology, and botany.
At a late age Goethe even declared that a significant part of his life had been devoted to science, not only with inclination and passion, but also with great consistent effort; and he definitely had a claim to be taken seriously as a scientific researcher (1830).

in collaboration with Daniel Weitenauer
commissioned by Palmengarten Frankfurt

8 July – 5 September
Palmengarten_Frankfurt am Main
Siesmayerstraße 61_Frankfurt am Main
www.palmengarten.frankfurt.de

Bell-Table produced by ABR. is awarded with a reddot design award 2010. The “living” book presents these winners and the best products that make for a more beautiful life at home and that promote a global lifestyle. The wide range of featured items includes furniture, domestic appliances, cookware, lamps, and garden tools as well as design solutions from the areas architecture and sanitary facilities.
Due out in July 2010 by reddot edition.

Two exhibition designs by Sebastian Herkner are published in the book called 'new exhibition design 02' by Uwe J. Reinhardt and Philipp Teufel. Due out in July 2010 by avedition.

The side table Bell-Table will be lauched by ABR. Barcelona at the ICFF New York from 15 – 18 May 2010. The table serves as a small side table or coffee table. Due to a collage of brass and mouthblown tinted glass it has an interesting appearance and distictive identity. The play with mass and transparency as well as the lightweight and fragile glass base contrasting the solid brass top element represents an alternative to conventional table designs. Both table elements are put together flush thus forming a single unit. The special combination of materials is merged together as the materials mutually reflect each other.

15 May – 18 May
ABR. Barcelona
ICFF New York | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, stand 1022

produced by ABR. Barcelona

At the SaloneSatellite 13° I received a nomination of the Design Report Award 2010.

Sebastian Herkner will showcase his new range of furniture and luminaires at the SaloneSatellite 13° at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan. He reinterprets traditional crafts and contemporary digital technologies, combines materials and techniques and transforms aesthetic properties and habits.

14 April – 19 April
SaloneSatellite_Milan Fairgrounds Rho | Italy
pavilion 22/24, stand B-44
9.30 am – 6.30 pm

Chalice

Chalice is a suspension lamp or table lamp made of glass and felt. The thin lamp shades are made of hand blown and tinted glass. The combination of different glass layers, various intensities of colours or glossy and frosted surfaces are the characteristics of this design. The collage of material and colour emphasises an unique identity and aesthetic of this lamp. The idea of stacking glass and plugging a breakable material in a strong felt base is contradictory to the material properties and an interesting aspect of Chalice.

tinted glass & felt
2010

Nomis

A small and light side table for inside and outside. Inspired by the wooden wine barrels, the anodised aluminium structure of the base, made of 1mm aluminium sheets, imparts stability.
A feature is the detachable table top, which is placed in an aluminium setting.

aluminium & oak wood
2010

Lian

On the one hand the table lamp is an atmospherical room light with no apparent source of light, on the other hand it´s a kind of display or even a shrine.
Underneath the glass dome you can highlight, display and save personal favorites, heirlooms or souvenirs.

aluminium & glass
2010

In an exposed dock and riverbank venue between the A661 Offenbach-Kaiserlei motorway and the Main riverbank in Offenbach the historical coal crane at the EVO power station will be set in a new scene. The LED-based illuminations emphasise the construction, retrace it or blur it in the nocturnal context. These illuminations in cooperation with Peter Eckart and Reinhard Dienes will be opened for Luminale 2010 and then continue to shine at night.
Thank you very much for the technical support by Traxon Technologies and Meso.

in collaboration with Reinhard Dienes and Peter Eckart
technical support by Traxon Technologies and Meso
commissioned by EVO AG

11 April – 16 April
opening event 12 April at 7PM
EVO AG Heizkraftwerk Nordring_Offenbach am Main
Nordring 112 _ Offenbach am Main
www.evo-ag.de

www.luminale.de

Photography by Markus Mettin _ www.m-momente.de (first picture)

The German National Library presents an exhibition about Rudolf Olden.

in collaboration with Daniel Weitenauer
commissioned by German National Library Frankfurt

26 March – 28 July
German National Library_Frankfurt am Main
Adickesallee 1_Frankfurt am Main
www.d-nb.de

Perserfell #2 are Persian animal-hide carpets, which are shaped like a cow´s, a sheep´s or a fox´ hide but made of a material that is suitable for vegetarians.
This second edition is made in connection with the exhibition new olds by ifa Germany (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V.) curated by Prof. Volker Albus. The exhibition will be shown in several international cities from 2011.

The birdhouse has the advantage to get fixed easily with a simple adjustable strap to trees and any kind of columns. The corpus of the birdhouse is manufactured through traditional metal compression process. The entrance of the front made of larch wood fits for the size of titmice.

you can order the birdhouse here

produced by Radius

12 February – 16 February
ambiente | Germany
Radius | hall 11.0, stand D 019

Tauber-Cabinet will be presented at the [D3] CONTEST during the imm cologne. The idea behind the design of Tauber-Cabinet is based on the dealing with conventional coverings of ventilation shafts. Tauber-Cabinet is a symbiosis between a bench and a sideboard. The typical character of surfaces, covers and structures made of metal is rudimental of the design and the construction. The diagonal bends of the brass plate are important for the stability as well as the pattern. Space and furniture are melded together by the reflections on the brass surface. This contrasts to the the closed and industrial aspect of the metal casing.

19 January – 24 January
imm cologne 10 | Germany
[d3] design contest | hall 3.1, stand C70 – F71

The shelf Epos is made of solid wood and powder-coated metal elements. The design concept makes a multitude of combinations in the distance of the boards and their length possible. Epos works either as a singular element or as shelving wall in a straight line. The stability of the shelf enable it to be used as a freestanding room divider or as a traditional against-the-wall unit. The idea behind the design is to use timber wedges to fix the shelf together. The construction or deconstruction is based on a minimum of work and tools. To individualize Epos, you have the opportunity to attach different kind of boxes and surfaces to this system.

in collaboration with Reinhard Dienes
commissioned by Foundry

19 January – 24 January
imm cologne 10 | Germany
foundry | hall 11.1, stand D 016

Sebastian Herkner won the second prize in the announcement of the competition Monument for Alois Senefelder. Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 1771 – 26 February 1834) was an German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796. The monument is projected for the Büsing Park in Offenbach am Main.

11/09 Elle Decor Italia _ page 36 – 41

shooting by Raffaella Ossino and Elisabetta Bongiorni.

Once Upon a Chair is an international up-to-the minute survey of contemporary furniture design. The book captures the zeitgeist of this rigorous industry by examining current trends and presenting pioneering examples by the world’s most influential designers and emerging talents.
Sebastian Herkner was chosen to be part of this new publication. The collected works indicate a recognisable shift towards progressive responsible designs that make a social impact and the revival of artisanal craft. It further explores how designers are focusing more on process-driven and storytelling concepts as well as the continuing flirtation with material and technological experimentation.

Editors: R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, A. Kupetz, S. Moreno
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-89955-256-0
Release: September 2009

You can find more information about the publication on www.gestalten.com