Klaus Hackl Description

Klaus Hackl was born in Munich in 1967.
His training as an industrial designer began at the Munich Polytechnic Design School (1989-1991), followed by the Saarbrücken School of Art and Design (1991-1995, Diploma). His studies in industrial design and his interest in furniture and architecture led him to apprenticeships including Andreas Brandolini (1994-1995) and Konstantin Grcic (1993-1994).

After completing his diploma in product design in spring 1995, he got the opportunity to join the Jasper Morrison Office for Design in London where he stayed for three years working as a senior designer on a variety of projects from cutlery to porcelain and furniture to appliance design. Furthermore he was responsible for the interior of the EXPO 2000 Stadtbahn in Hanover which won several IF Awards.

At the end of 1998, he returned to Munich and soon continued working with Konstantin Grcic again, contributing to the design of the «Mayday» portable lamp which won the «compasso d´oro» in 2001.

In winter 1998/99, he set up his own office in Munich. The time in Morrison´s studio led to an ongoing involvement in a couple of architectural projects in Germany for companies like Stroer and Vitra.

For the Italian company Magis he created the plastic laundry bin «Gibus» (2001).

His laser cut aluminium light «Pelle» (1998) was selected for the International Design Yearbook 1999/2000. Later his lamp «Wenig» (2005) was chosen for the “Super Normal” exhibitions in Tokyo (2006), London (2006), Milan (2007) and New York (2008). Recently, Klaus Hackl´s work was also part of the prestigious exhibition “design germany: case study 2008”.

His career has also included teaching design at the Saarbrücken School of Art and Design (2002-2003). More recently, he was invited to give lectures and hold workshops at design schools in Germany and abroad.

Web-Site from Klaus Hackl: http://www.klaushackl.de