Thorsten Franck
born 1970 in hamburg · 1987-1993 trained as carpenter and wood turner · 1993-2000 study of industrial design in germany and england by prof. sauer, prof. ron arad, jasper morrison, vico magistretti · 2000 MA in design products at the royal college of art in london · 2000 setting up an own office for design and product development in london · since 2001 living and working in munich · since 2004 guest tutor at different international design colleges · 2005/2006 prof. a.c. at the design university bolzano
since 1996 national and international exhibitions with product design, e.g.: 1996
„z.b. eiche”, museum für kunst und gewerbe in hamburg · 2000/2001 „build_in_a_minute” in london, cologne · 2001 „the poetry of the functional” in chemnitz · 2001 „welcome to my flat” in milan, munich, london · 2003 berlin_nomads in berlin · 2003/2004 „weissräume” and „new_bricks” in milan · 2004 „tête-à-tête”, bayrisches nationalmuseum in munich.
national and international design-awards e.g.: if-award · red-dot · materialica · 2002/2004 nominated for the design-report-award for young international designer · 2003 förderpreis der stadt münchen · „build_in_a_minute”, „un_furnished” selected by „die neue sammlung” pinakothek der moderne in munich.
