Thomas Feichtner Studio

Thomas Feichtner Studio

Prof. Thomas Feichtner is an internationally established product designer and head of the Institute of Industrial Design at the FH-Joanneum in Graz. He studied Industrial Design at the the University of Art and Design in Linz and has designed numerous products for international brands such as Swarovski, Laufen, Bene, Adidas, Head, Absolut, Lobmeyr and Augarten and has realized projects in cooperation with manufactures such as Vitra, Thonet and FSB. His work is positioned midway between industry and handicrafts, mass production and one-of-a-kinds and have been acquired by various design collections.

Award / projectYear
ADI Design Index pre-selection, ADI Compasso d’Oro. ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale, Triennale di Milano, Italy.2014
CCA Venus Award Venus in Bronze, Creativ Club Austria, Vienna.2000
Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design (Nomination), Design Austria, Graphic and Product Design Association, Vienna, Austria.2001
Designpreis Schweiz Design Center AG, Langenthal, Switzerland.2001
IF Design Award, International Forum Design Hannover, Germany.2001
IF Design Award , International Forum Design Hannover, Germany.2002
International Advertising Festival Cannes , Shortlist Cannes, Print and Outdoor, Cannes, France.2003
Plakatpreis , Graphic Design Award of the Cultural Department Vienna, Austria.2003
Saturn , Nomination, Austrian Economic Film Prize, Austria.2003
Winner, yearbook of visual communication Egon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.2003
BIO19, Biennal of Industrial Design Ljubljana Architecture Museum of Ljubljana. Slovenia.2004
CCA Venus Award Nomination, Creativ Club Austria, Vienna.2004
Gustav Klimt Prize, Vienna, Austria.
2004
Josef Binder Award , Design Austria, Graphic and Product Design Association, Vienna, Austria.2004
reddot design award , Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany.2004
Winner, yearbook of visual communication , Egon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.2004
CCA Venus Award Nomination, Creativ Club Austria, Vienna.2005
Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany.2005
BIO20, Biennal of Industrial Design Ljubljana Architecture Museum of Ljubljana. Slovenia.2006
Global Awards Finalist, International Awards Competition, New York Festivals, New York, USA.2006
Josef Binder Award , Design Austria, Graphic and Product Design Association, Vienna, Austria.2006
Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany.2007
Winner, yearbook of visual communication , Egon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.2007
Josef Binder Award in Silver , Design Austria, Graphic and Product Design Association, Vienna, Austria.2008
CCA Venus Award Venus in Bronze, Creativ Club Austria, Vienna.2009
European Design Award IDA International Council of Graphic Design Associations, Athens, Greece 2009
reddot design award , Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany.2010
Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany.2011
BIO23, Biennal of Industrial Design Ljubljana Architecture Museum of Ljubljana. Slovenia.2012
Interior Innovation Award , Rat für Formgebung / German Design Council, Cologne, Germany.2012
Good Design Award , The Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago, USA.2013
Interior Innovation Award , Rat für Formgebung / German Design Council, Cologne, Germany.2013
reddot design award , Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany.2013
Interior Innovation Award , Rat für Formgebung / German Design Council, Cologne, Germany.2014
Designer of the Year ,
Möbel & Design Guide, Vienna, Austria. 2015
Focus Open Special Mention, Design Center Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart, Germany2018
iF Design Award , International Forum 
Design Hannover, Germany.2018
reddot design award , Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany.2018
Austrian Interior Design Award Möbel- und Holzbau-Cluster, OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH2019
German Design Award Winner 
German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany.2019
ArticleMediaYear
Thomas Feichtner bases Octagon chair on wire fencing and shopping trolleys air on wire fencing and shopping trolleysDezeen2018
This Just Inbox: A lamp for drawing by Thomas FeichtnerCore772010
Folded steel designs by thomas feichtnerDesignboom2009
Yearbook of Visual Communication2004
Design Jungle - book2009
Once Upon a Chair, Design Beyond the Icon - book2009
Spot on Wien - book2009
red dot design yearbook 2010/20112010
Der Fall Forum Design - book2010
Staatspreis Design 20112011
ExhibitionInstitutionYear
designforum Veinna, Angewandt & AlltäglichGalerie Klovićevi Dvori2015
La Pelota, Austrian Design PioneersFuorisalone, Milan, Italy2015
KarboxxSalone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, Italy2015
ICFFJacob K. Javits Convention Center, NY, USA2015
MAK DesignlaborMAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria2015
Involuto21er Haus – the new Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna2014
Arch MoscowThe Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia2014
Confession of DesignSalone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, Italy2014
Installation by Thomas FeichtnerWindow Gallery, curated by Vienna Design Week2014
Thomas Feichtner / Works UnpluggedBelgrade Design Week exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art2013
LectureEvent / organiserYear
Lecture, Thomas FeichtnerFaculty of Design, Tomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic
Lecture, Thomas Feichtner, Product DesignOffenbach University of Art and Design / HfG Offenbach, Ger
Basso with EternitEDBD European Business Dialog, cis Creative Industries Styria, Graz, Austria
Reality check, Industrial DesignUniversity of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, Austria
Niko Kralj – Slovenian DesignAzW Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Lecture, Thomas Feichtner – WorkInterior Design Department / Architecture Division at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Lecture, Thomas Feichtner – Freedom SquaredBelgrade Design Week 2012, Serbia2012
Lecture, Thomas Feichtner – [industrie]designDesignInTirol in cooperation aut, Architecture and Tyrol. Innsbruck, Austria.
Lecture, Thomas FeichtnerInstitut für Raumgestaltung, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
Lecture, Thomas FeichtnerWe11 – Lecture and Workshops for entrepreneurs, University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, Austria
Design austriaBarcelona Designweek 2011, Roca Gallery Barcelona, Spain2011
Design TalkAustrian Cultural Forum London, The Design Festival London, UK.
Design Trendimm cologne 2011, lecture forum of the pure village, Cologne, Germany2011
Hands-on designSofia Design Week Forum 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria2011
Design between industry and handcraftblickfang Stuttgart 2010, Germany
Show me how it worksForum Mozartplatz, Vienna, Austria
Design Inaugural Lecture - Thomas FeichtnerMuthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany2010

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