Diana Drewes

Haute Innovation, Berlin

Diana Drewes is a cabinet maker by trade and has studied product design at the Weissensee School of Art in Berlin. Besides the management of all design projects of the agency she proves herself by her consolidated expert knowledge by making inquiries on market trends and giving lectures. Her thematic main focus is the close linking of technology and biology. She speaks of "biologized production and design processes" and understands the far-reaching success of future innovations at this interface. In her lectures she is presenting the latest material innovations on the basis of natural resources and explaining production processes by exploiting biological growth processes.

Sven Eberwein

Member of the Tesla Design Team, Digital Modeler

Sven is a digital modeler, mainly focused on automotive design, specialized in conceptual and algorithmic 3D modeling. He uses the potential of additive manufacturing in a unconventional way.
Currently he is living in Los Angeles, California and works in the Tesla Design Studio.

Barbara Friedrich

Design Consulting & Publishing

Barbara Friedrich is a journalist, since the early 1980s specialized in design. She has been editor-in-chief of the magazine Architektur & Wohnen for the last 17 years. She is the initiator of the digital platform „A&W-Designtalente" as she is has a big heart for newcomers. Since 2016 she is independent as writer, speaker, moderator and jury-member.

Eyal Gever

Artist

Eyal Gever is a cutting-edge contemporary artist whose work sits at the fusion of art and technology. Using just a palette of code, he develops life-like digital simulations of moments in time -- often dramatic or catastrophic in nature -- from which he fabricates 3D-printed sculptures and installations.
Few artists possess Gever’s deep knowledge and passion for all things digital. The advantage, he says, is that he’s not overwhelmed by the power of technology for its own sake. “I’ve simply used the latest technology to develop a new language for my art.”

Sebastian Herkner

Studio Sebastian Herkner, Designer

Sebastian Herkner studied product design at the HfG Offenbach am Main (Offenbach University of Art and Design), already focusing during his studies on designing objects and furniture merging various cultural contexts, combining new technologies with traditional craftsmanship in order to highlight the multifaceted beauty of the materials and draw renewed attention to small details.
Whilst still a student, Herkner did an internship with Stella McCartney in London, which helped to hone his feeling for materials, colours, structures and textures. Since founding his own design studio in Offenbach am Main in 2006, he has designed products for manufacturers such as ClassiCon, Dedon, Fontana Arte, Moroso, Pulpo and Rosenthal as well as working on interior design projects and for exhibitions and museums. Since 2007 he has taught several courses at HfG Offenbach am Main as visiting lecturer. His designs have received multiple prizes.

Julia Körner

Founder and director JK Design GmbH

Julia Körner is an award-winning designer working at the convergence of architecture, product and fashion design - specialised in additive manufacturing and robotic technology. Her work stands out, recognised at the top level of these disciplines, where it has been featured internationally in world-renown museums, institutions and publications. She is founder and director of JK Design GmbH. Her recent collaborations involved 3D-Printed fashion pieces developed with Haute Couture Houses for Paris Fashion weeks and Hollywood Entertainment Productions. Julia is a graduate of the Architectural Association, London and University of Applied Arts, Vienna; she is a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Achim Menges

AA Dipl. (Hons.) RIBA II, Architect BDA, AKH
Director ICD Uni Stuttgart, Institute for Computational Design and Construction

Professor Achim Menges
 AA Dipl.(Hons.) RIBA II, Architect BDA, AKH
Professor Achim Menges, born 1975, is a registered architect and professor at the University of Stuttgart, where he is the founding director of the Institute for Computational Design and Construction since 2008. He also is Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design since 2009.
Achim Menges practice and research focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of morphogenetic design computation, biomimetic engineering and computer aided manufacturing that enables a highly articulated, performative built environment. His work is based on an interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with structural engineers, computer scientists, material scientists and biologists. Achim Menges has published several books on this work and related fields of design research, and he is the author/coauthor of numerous articles and scientific papers. His projects and design research has received many international awards, has been published and exhibited worldwide, and form parts of several renowned museum collections, among others, the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Achim Menges is a member of several international research evaluation boards and a member of numerous scientific committees of leading peer-reviewed international journals and conferences.

Silvia Olp

Management aed e.V., Society for Advancement of Architecture, Engineering, Design

Silvia Olp is the vice management of the aed, e.V., aed Society for Advancement of Architecture, Engineering, Design Stuttgart. She initiated the aed neuland, which is an award for young designer and she is head of communication for Phoenix Design Stuttgart/Munich.
Her interest regarding technology and design is the aim to popularize it.
Newcomers are close to her heart.

Dirk Simon

FARSOON Europe GmbH

Dr. Dirk Simon is director of the FARSOON Europe GmbH since April 2018 and therefore part of the global management team of the holding company in China.
He is responsible for the business in Europe regarding machines for laser sintering of plastics and metal powder as well as technical services. He supports the approach of Farsoon “Open For Industry" for a wider industrial use of additive manufacturing.

Before he worked in BASF for almost 6 years, and pushed the topic "3D-Printing at BASF". In 2012 starting with leading the New Business Incubation, he finally was responsible for the Business Development of BASF 3D-P solutions, including 3D-P application technology – as Global Business Director.
He holds a PhD-degree in Polymer Science and has 23 years working experiences in Applications of Plastics, Marketing & Sales, and Purchasing in various chemical companies.

Joachim Stumpp

raumPROBE Managing director

Joachim Stumpp is architect and director of the raumPROBE Stuttgart.
raumPROBE is the agency for consulting and research in the field of materials for architecture and design.
Therefore his interests regarding technology and design are always focused on material innovations.

Andrea Velten

IFA3D Medical Solutions GmbH

Specialized in individual respiratory breathingmasks, medical demo-models, individual bone- and titanium- implants, special medical solutions, special orthopedic devices and prototyping in additive manufacturing.

Christoph Völcker

"Innovation Lab - AM",
Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG

For more than 20 years Christoph Völcker has been working as a creative mastermind and consultant in the field of additive manufacturing processes. With his studies of interior design, product and furniture design he founded his own office for design and developed products for serial production. For lifestyle products directly out of the 3D printer he was responsible for various brands and established them on the market. In 2015, he launched the "3D Pioneers Challenge", which has become the most important 3D printing competition internationally. Christoph Völcker has been contributing his interdisciplinary creative view of innovations to the industry since 2018 and leads the "Innovation Lab - 3D Printing" at Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG as well as the Würth-Group "Würth Innovation Lab - Advanced Manufacturing".

Wolf Udo Wagner

Wagner:Design

Wolf U. Wagner, Industrial Designer; Founder of Studio Wagner:Design; Director Industry of German Designer Club (DDC); Creative Director of several international brands, awarded in 42 awards, member of different juries, has been working with generative processes for prototyping for the last 18 years and recently also for serial production.
Wolfs credo as designer: I create the space between the things.

Studio Wagner:Design is a creative agency based in Frankfurt/Main for product development, UX design and strategic planning. Work areas are in the fields of electronics & entertainment, IoT, sports equipment and others. The company operates according to its own methodology of design thinking and strategic planning. 3D printing (external and in-house) belongs to the performance of the studio from the beginning, turning from rapid prototyping to generative manufacturing.

The German Design Club (DDC) was founded in 1989. DDC is an initiative that combines "good design" as well as "good designers" from design, architecture, media and those who are committed to this. Wolf Wagner is Director of the German Design Club. His aim is to promote the dialogue between creative developers and representatives from engineering, industry, trade.

Anouk Wipprecht

FashionTech Designer

Dutch FashionTech Designer Anouk Wipprecht engineers fashion ahead of her time, combining the latest in science and technology to make fashion an experience that transcends mere appearances. She wants her garments to facilitate and augment the interactions we have with ourselves and our surroundings. Her Spider Dress is a perfect example of this aesthetic, where sensors and moveable arms on the dress help to create a more defined boundary of personal space while employing a fierce style. Partnering up with companies such as Intel, AutoDesk, Audi, Samsung, and jewellery company Swarovski she researches how our future would look as we continue to embed technology into what we wear.