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Werner Aisslinger

Biography:

Werner Aisslinger, born 1964 in Nördlingen, Germany, studied industrial design at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) in Berlin. Between 1989-92 he worked freelance for Ron Arad, Jasper Morrison and in the Studio de Lucchi in Milan. In 1993 he founded his own office, "studio aisslinger", with an emphasis on product design, design concepts and brand architecture. From 1994-97 he taught at the HdK and at the Lahti Design Institute, Helsinki, and from 1998-2005 as professor at the Hochschule for Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. Werner Aisslinger became project supervisor at the Designlabor Bremerhaven in 2006, and has served as a jury member and curator for the Raymond Loewy Foundation since 2006, when he was also named to the jury of the Lucky Strike Design Award. Aisslinger lives and works in Berlin.

Projects:

Exhibitions (selection):
2007 "Corian(R): 40 Years/40 Designers", Design Within Reach Meatpacking/ Chelsea Studio, New York
2007 "Suitcases from Berlin", M Project Gallery, New York
2007 "Full House", Haus am Waldsee, Designmai, Berlin
2007 Loftcube, "Exanasaldo", Fuori Salone, Milan
2007 "design seating for design eating", fornasarig, Triennale di Milano, Milan
2007 "books", installation in Christ's Church, Passagen, Cologne
2007 "Second Skin", Vitra Design Museum, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein
2006 "5x5 Project-Designers & Producers", Interieur, Designregio, Kortrijk
2006 Create Berlin, "Best of Berlin", in "Red Moscow", Moscow
2006 Loftcube, "ArchiSkulptur", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2006 "Second Skin“, Zeche Zollverein, Essen
2006 "Sitzen ist Kunst", Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
2006 Loftcube, 8. Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture, Belgrade
2005 "B to B", Berlin Design in Brussels, Brussels
2005 Berlin Design/Designyoungsters, Seoul
2005 "Jung + Deutsch", Hillside Terrace Gallery, Tokyo
2005 Loftcube, "Deutschlandschaft", Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2005 "Anders als immer", Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2004 Loftcube, German Pavilion, 9° Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, Venice
2004 Pappilan, Tendence Fair, Frankfurt
2004 "Design Berlin!", Cube Gallery, Manchester
2004 Shades, Salon du Meuble de Paris, Paris
2003 Pappilan, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
2003 Loftcube, t'Huis Front 2, Amsterdam
2003 "Construire l'éphémère", EXPO.03, Neuchâtel
2003 Loftcube, Designmai, Berlin
2003 "Design Berlin!", Vitra Design Museum, Berlin
2003 "Habiter la lumière", Palazzo delle Stelline, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan
2003 "Take a Seat", Vitra Design Museum, Berlin
2002 "Milan in a Van", Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2002 "Living in Motion", Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
2001 "Compasso d'Oro", Palazzo Triennale, Milan
2000 "Aperto Vetro 2000", Museo Correr, Venice
2000 "soft cell-down light", Galerie Fiedler, Cologne