Designer of the year Sebastian Herkner: designing companions for life
Friday 18 January —
16:00
- 16:45
The Talks
Description
We look at the ten years spanning Herkner’s career, discussing the values that have shaped his work, his love of craftsmanship, the importance of patience and why he designs companions for life.
Nos partenaires : MINI
Participants
Sebastian HerknerDesigner
Alice Stori LiechtensteinDesign Curator
Sebastian Herkner
Designer
Age has no bearing on worth. At 37, German designer Sebastian Herkner, who trained at Offenbach University of Art and Design, is embarking on an ever-growing number of collaborations with international design houses (no less than 21 projects in the pipeline during 2018 for Moroso, Dedon, Thonet and Lintello to name but a few), and over the course of the past decade has received some thirty awards in recognition of his innovative yet traditional work. MAISON&OBJET has always sought to honour designers whose originality and excellence impact their generation, and Herkner’s astonishing career path propelled him straight onto the trade fair’s radar, sealing the decision to turn the 2019 spotlight on the design scene’s rising star. Since first setting up his studio in the Frankfurt suburb of Offenbach am Main back in 2006, Sebastian Herkner has unremittingly focused on creating designs that fuse tradition with creativity, new technology with craftsmanship. An approach he adopted long before the design world started surfing this now supremely fashionable wave.
Alice Stori Liechtenstein
Design Curator