About Stefan Diez

Stefan Diez was born in Freising / Germany in 1971. After a course in architecture and an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker he went to India for a year where he designed and constructed furniture for a company in Bombay and Poona. Returning to Germany he studied Industrial Design at the Academy of fine Arts in Stuttgart 1996 - 2002. He worked as assistant of Richard Sapper and later for Konstantin Grcic. In Jan 2003 he set up his own design studio in Munich where he develops furniture, products and exhibition designs. He is/was working for Rosenthal AG, Authentics, Elmar Flötotto, Nymphenburg Porzellanmanufaktur, Schönbuch, WMF AG, Uwe Braun/Würth Solar, Fischer AG, NANOO.

1991 -1994
course in architecture and cabinet making in the studio of Ursula Maier and the University of Stuttgart.
1996 - 2002
study of Industrial Design at the Academy of fine Arts in Stuttgart (Prof. Sapper/Lehmann)
1998
Assistant of Richard Sapper
1999 -2002
Assistant of Konstantin Grcic, Munich
January 2003
Own studio in Munich

competitions, awards and nominations

April 2002
Salone Satellite Milano, winner of the “Design Report Award” for the project “BigBin” by Authentics 2003 | IMM Cologne, winner of the “best of the best award” for the product “Instant Lounge”, Together with Christophe de la Fontaine.
2003
Promosedia, Udine – winnwer of the “Caiazza Memorial Challenge” competition for wooden
chairs (in section by invitation), for the work "FRIDAY CHAIR"
2004
Winner of the “Fokus” in Gold and Silver for "GENIO" and "TEMA", both by Rosenthal-Thomas
2005
Elle Decoration-Germany, selected as "newcomer of the year 2005"
2005
if-design award for "GENIO" and "TEMA", both by Rosenthal-Thomas
2005
Wallpaper Magazine Jan/Feb 2005, Judges awards, "best new furniture design" for "FRIDAY CHAIR"
2005
A&W Architektur und Wohnen, A&W Mentor award 2005, selected by Richard Sapper (A&W Designer of the year 2005)
2005
IMM Cologne, winner of the “best of the best award” for the product “COUCH” by Elmar Flötotto
2005
Red Dot Award for the product "COUCH" by Elmar Flötotto
2005
Red Dot Award for the product "Genio" and "Tema", both by Rosenthal-Thomas
2005
"Förderpreis der Stadt München" for applied art
2006
"Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" in Silber for the product "Genio" by Rosenthal-Thomas

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Designer:

Stefan Diez

*1971
Germany

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About Stefan Diez