After some years into designing, we have decided to present our projects in competitions to a larger circle of professionals from the fields of design, retail and media and are pleased with the extensive feedback from which we can learn for future projects. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the organizers for their competent advice and service during and after the competitions. We are also pleased to announce the following nominations and/or awards.

German Design Council // 2023

GERMAN DESIGN

AWARD

The winners of the GERMAN DESIGN AWARDS 2023 were decided by an independent panel of expert judges, including representatives from the interior design industry. This year's jury consisted of the following members: Jeannette Alterherr, Büro Lievore + Altherr Désile Park; Melissa Amarelo, oi toi toi creative studio; Florian Auger, OUTERCRAFT; Carole Baijings, Carole Baijings Studio for Design; Roland Bechmann, Werner Sobek Design; Caterina Bellavite, Deutsche Telekom AG; Prof. Anke Bernotat, Bernotat & Co Design Studio, Folkwang Universität der Künste; Marcel Besau, Studio Besau Marguerre; Nancy Birkhölzer, PwC IXDS GmbH; Stephen Burks, Stephen Burks Man Made; Prof. Mark Braun, Studio Mark Braun; Lukas Cottrell, Peter Schmidt Group GmbH; Andreas Diefenbach; Phoenix Design GmbH + Co. KG; Alexander Fehre, Studio Alexander Fehre; Alain Gilles, ALAIN GILLES THE STUDIO; Jens Grefen, Interbrand GmbH; Luzia Hein, Studio Luzia Hein; Prof. Andrea Lipp-Allrutz, Hochschule Reutlingen; Sabine Loeser-Schoeps, LS Interiors; Christine Matz, Tatic Designstudio Srl; Jennifer Moosbrugger, Siemens AG; Oanh Nguyen Henriksen, Dorte Mandrup; Silvia Olp, aed e.V; Prof. Dr. Lilac Osanjo, School of the Arts and Design, University of Nairobi; Reinhard Pascher, Pascher+Heinz GmbH; Tomek Rygalik, Studio Rygalik; Mimi Sewalski, Avocadostore; Björn Sorge, ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH; Linda Stannieder, TMRW Ventures GmbH; Volker Stengele, stengele+cie; Prof. Philipp Thesen, Hochschule Darmstadt; Prof. Pradyumna Vyas, Confederation of Indian Industry, World Design Organisation; Sven Weichert, Curis Design; Hanne Willmann, Studio Hanne Willmann; Moni Wolf, Microsoft Corporation; Jianjun Xie, Dongdao Creative Branding Group.

We are happy to announce that our project Black Flamingo has been awarded with the GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 2023 - SPECIAL in the category Excellent Product Design Furniture.

We thank the German Design Council and the Jury for the honoring.

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From home to workplace, from building furnishings to material solutions – the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Interior, hosted by the German Design Council, honour the best ideas in the interior design industry. The broad spectrum of categories guarantees a holistic approach: furniture and lighting, home textiles, outdoor or bathroom products form a comprehensive overall picture. The focus is on zeitgeist, user comfort and individuality as well as the selection of materials, sustainability and innovative solutions.

The winners of the ICONIC AWARDS 2022: Innovative Interior were decided by an independent panel of expert judges, including representatives from the interior design industry. This year's jury consisted of the following members: Carole Baijings, Industriedesignerin und Geschäftsführerin, Carole Baijings Studio for Design, Amsterdam; Monica Förster, Geschäftsführerin, Monica Förster Design Studio, Stockholm; Barbara Friedrich, Designjournalistin, Hamburg; Benjamin Wolf, Geschäftsführer Funktion Möbel, Darmstadt; Sebastian Wrong, Designer und Mitbegründer Established and Sons, London, Inhaber/Gründer The Wrong Shop.

We are pleased to announce that our project Black Flamingo has been awarded with the ICONIC AWARD 2022: Innovative Interior with the »Selection« distinction in the category Furniture.

We thank the German Design Council and the Jury for the honoring.

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Black Flamingo

ICONIC AWARDS

German Design Council // 2022

We are truly happy to have been involved in a number of collaborations and exhibitions that allowed us to follow our experimental approach. Some of those collaborations and exhibitions were also documented in the following selected catalogues.

THE WALL presenting GHOST

A ten day debate on the future of design. -
"How can today’s design still be more than the proverbial brick in the wall that deprives us of sight on a better future? That was the starting point of The Wall, Nieuwe German Gestaltung #004, the fourth in a series of exhibitions on experimental and alternative design from Germany – a country that still is a model in the field of design to many, but keeps on ignoring this kind of alternatives at times when nearly everybody calls for a massive change. The exhibition at the Biennale Interieur is the first in the series to be organized outside of Germany. On initiative of state of DESIGN, director Max Borka and after a concept and in a scenography by Yasmine Benhadj-Djilali, fifty designers present one or more projects. But next to that the exhibition also serves as a platform, where curator Max Borka continuously debates the future of design – not just in Germany, but globally – with participants, guests, and the public, on the spot and online.

Plans & maquettes for the lamp GHOST were on display during The Wall, Nieuwe German Gestaltung #004 - a show initiated by Max Borka for the occasion of Biennale Interieur 2016; additionally, project GHOST was featured in DM Magazine // De Morgen, Oct 2016, Nr. 231 p.118 and in the catalogue Breaking Down Walls // Shapeshifting Future Design, State of Design, Berlin 2017.

copyright © 2017 - 2024 Anja Sopic, Max Borka, State of Design, Biennale Interieur

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OFF EMPIRE

We decided to do the exhibition OFF EMPIRE at the travel agency because we believed in a form of art and design that is not elitist towards everyday life. We didn't just want to exhibit our works on this occasion, we wanted to make a tangible show - not at least with the help of various furniture objects that we integrated into this exhibition. These pieces represented some sort of catalyst for our approach, which allowed us to actively involve our visitors in the exhibition, and even - to some extent - become a part of it. We hoped to blur the invisible line between the visitor and the exhibited objects.

untitled (table shelf sculpture), working model, 2011, acacia wood, screws, ca. 110 x 50 x 45 cm; untitled (study Josef Albers chair), 2011, wood, fabric, metal, ca. 65 x 65 x 60 cm; untitled (lamp), 2010, plexiglas, wood, ca. 155 x 20 x 30 cm - all of these works were presented during OFF EMPIRE in 2011 and were also featured in the catalogue Reisebürogalerie which was released in 2017.

The catalogue Reisebürogalerie|was published by Galerie Nagel Draxler in 2017, ca. 21 x 29 cm, 138 pages, distributed by STRZELECKIBOOKS.

copyright © 2011 - 2024 Anja Sopic, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Reisebürogalerie

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VICIS presenting SPIDER

The exhibition VICIS is presenting the works of national and international designers which are concerned with future thinking, pioneering concepts, new and reinterpreted everyday objects and experimental material research. The show was held during Munich Creative Business Week 2018. (Kindly supported by Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technik.)

The lamp SPIDER was first introduced in VICIS || Always change a running System, a design exhibition which took place on the occasion of Munich Creative Business Week 2018. Anja Sopic Lab presented a fully functioning lamp that featured a chrome base and customized lampshade. Later in 2018, SPIDER was presented during Karlsruhe Design Week as a stand alone product - the first ever, since Anja Sopic Design was founded two years ago.

A catalogue was released on the occasion of this show - VICIS 2018 published by State of Design, 76 pages, 14,8 x 10,6 cm

copyright © 2018 - 2024 Anja Sopic & State of Design

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initiated by Galerie Nagel Draxler

at Architektur Galerie | München

Under the motto debate | experiment | create this interdisciplinary design studio operates within the frame of research & debate. We would like to explore & facilitate synergies between art and design. Creating connections between people and disciplines and dissolving boundaries is thereby the driving force behind our ventures.

initiated by State of Design | Berlin

WALL #006

State of Design

NEW GERMAN DESIGN
"The sixth edition in a series of meanwhile notorious roadshows in which state of DESIGN|each time highlights a different choice of the latest and best in German design, in a unique format that confronts and combines tradition and experiment. [This event was] part of STATE OF DESIGN | BERLIN festival." (Source: www.stateofdesign.berlin)

Plans & maquettes for the lamp GHOST were on display during The Wall, Nieuwe German Gestaltung #006 - a show initiated by Alexandra Klatt for the occasion of STATE OF DESIGN | BERLIN festival, Berlin in 2017.

copyright © 2017 - 2024 Anja Sopic, Alexandra Klatt, Max Borka, State of Design
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