Industrial Design
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Prof. Frank Georg Zebner
T +49 (0)69.800 59-185
West wing, room D202/213b
Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach
University of Art and Design
School of Design
Field Industrial Design
Schloßstraße 31
63065 Offenbach
Employees
Lina Djouiai, Diplom-Designerin
PhD student, Research associate
Westflügel, Raum D203
Karlotta Klussmann, Diplom-Designerin
PhD student, Research associate
Westflügel, Raum D203
Christina Timmann
Research associate
Westflügel, Raum D203
Julia Americo Mansur Andalaft
Tutor and student assistant
Westflügel, Raum D201
Erika Paola Martinez Duque
Tutor and student assistant
Westflügel, Raum D201
Doctoral candidates
Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. phil. Florian Arnold, MA
Dr. phil. Sandra Kroll, Diplom-Designerin
Dr. phil. Fabian Kragenings, Diplom-Designer
Benjamin Vogt, Diplom-Designer
Prof. Pia Scharf, Diplom-Designerin
Lina Djouiai, Diplom-Designerin
Karlotta Klußmann, Diplom-Designerin
Design is anticipation of the future. It continuously updates methods and necessary scientific, technical and practical contexts.
Design means designing for sensible use and thereby reflects social-technological processes for today and for the future.
Today and in the future, design development is based both on digital methods (drawing, construction, model, data) and on research into the design interdependencies and contexts of the social-technological structures.
In the Industrial Design department, innovative scenarios for disruptive situations are designed in a comprehensive design approach in order to contribute to the improvement of human coexistence and interaction as a whole.
Three fields play a decisive role here:
1. sciences and theories look at future-relevant topics and causal relationships from the human perspective.
2. New technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, nano and sensor technology, artificial intelligence and material technology bring process-oriented expertise to planning and development.
3. thinking and design strategies such as discussion, approach, research, empiricism as well as other scientific and creative procedures guarantee continuous impulses and a constant increase in knowledge.
The methodological approach from these three problem-oriented perspectives is practised (teaching) and implemented (research) in design projects.
Nevertheless, designers and design in essence remain what it has always been: an epistemic approach to unresolved issues with the help of visualisation. Often still with pen and paper. So designers are visualisers. Not much? We think it's the key!
Student Projects

Printed glove, 2010
Barbara Ott

Aer E-Bike
André Look

Cobot 3D Printer, 2014
Marc Schömann, Nils Mayer, Raoul Wilke

Audio View, 2013
Frauke Taplik

Minimally invasive tool, 2014
Marina Fischer

Circuit breaker, 2013
Ayoub Saaif
News
Frank Zebner becomes IDSA member
Frank Zebner, Professor of Industrial Design in the Department of Design, has been accepted as an international member of the IDSA Industrial Design Society of America. The American Design Society dates back to the founding of the American Design Institute in 1938, with Henry...
Design against the crisis: Designing for use
Johannes Bietz, HfG-student and tutor at Design Institut of Technology, with the help of his fellow student Jonas Theisinger, participates in an open source initiative for the provision of protective visors for nursing and aid institutes.
HfG-Alumni on Arduino
»DaDaBox«, a student project of Jifei Ou will be shown on arduino.org.
HfG student wins the NWW Special Design Award 2014
Marina Fischer a Product Design student, receives the Special Award at the NWW Design Award 2014. The jury was so impressed with her design Mustage - a connecting system without screws - that they chose it over entries from 200 fellow entrants. The work was produced in her 3rd...