Sebastian Herkner has his own studio, where he designs lamps and furniture, among other things. His product designs combine current trends and familiar forms, challenge these forms, and reveal his own creative and playful approaches to materials, craft and technology. His work is shown at a variety of fairs and exhibitions.
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| since 2006 | freelance projects |
| since 2007 | teaching assignment at the Academy of Art and Design Offenbach am Main Germany, Department of Industrial Design |
| 2007 | Diploma at the Academy of Art and Design Offenbach am Main Germany, Department of Industrial Design |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 1981 | born in Bad Mergentheim, Germany |
| 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 Gewebte Gärten _ Grassi Museum Leipzig | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | Garten 2007 _ Palmengarten Frankfurt CityMöbel _ Offenbach am Main Neues Design _ Hessen Design Darmstadt That´s design _ Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Italy | |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Designpreis Deutschland 2011 _ nominee Design Report Award 2010 _ nominee reddot design award _ winner 2010 Monument for Alois Senefelder-competition_second prize |
| 2009 | Designpreis Deutschland 2010 _ nominee imm cologne _ Best Communication Concept _ winner |
| 2008 | Heimtextil _ Young Contract Creations Award
_ special mention |
| 2003 | Leonardo da Vinci – scholarship |
| 2010 | cooperation 'bean-to-cup coffee machines 2020plus for de`Longhi' | |
| 2009 | exhibition and information design 'Hoffmann-Sommer' orientation concept 'Budge-Stiftung' competition 'Pissoir im Bahnhofsviertel Frankfurt' conceptual design 'Autarkic Light' | |
| 2008 | cooperation 'Inflight tableware for LSG' cooperation 'Container concepts for Brita' | |
| all projects in cooperation with Prof. Peter Eckart |
Bankhaus B. Metzler Seel. Sohn & Co.
bauma
Belsana Medizinische Erzeugnisse
Boros GmbH
Brita GmbH
Bürgerhospital Frankfurt e.V.
Café Karin Frankfurt
Cartonplast Trading GmbH
Chanel GmbH & Co. KG
Chrismon
De`Longhi
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt
Douglas GmbH
Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung
EVO AG Offenbach
Foundry Collection
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Gardena GmbH
Hessen Design e.V. Darmstadt
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
Horizont Frankfurt
Institut für Jugendbuchforschung der J.W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Koziol GmbH
Liebieghaus Frankfurt
LSG _ Lufthansa Sky Chefs
Material Connexion Cologne Köln
Meso Frankfurt
Muse Store im Deutschen Guggenheim Berlin
nanoo by faserplast
Palmengarten Frankfurt
Reinhard Dienes
Roto GmbH
Senckenberg _ Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Stadt Bad Mergentheim
Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Strandcafe Frankfurt
Traxon Technologies _ Osram
Universitätsbibliothek Senckenberg Frankfurt
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
VDMA
24/7 Metering GmbH
