Klaus Hackl

Designer Munich / Germany

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Klaus Hackl
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.
Consequently, 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. Furthermore, Hackl´s office began to work with a constantly increasing number of regional and international manufacturers. Striving not to accept only a specialist view of design but to work with a wide range of challanges instead, the list of clients has expanded and today includes companies as diverse as Magis spa, Nils Holger Moormann, ENO - edition nouveaux objets, Side by Side, Pinakothek der Moderne / Palais Pinakothek, Lifebridge AG amongst others.
His 2003/2004 solo exhibition in Saarbruecken was accompanied by a monography «Klaus Hackl - Zwischen den Dingen» giving a complete overview of his work to date and revealing the impetus, values and philosophy behind his designs through texts by Florian Aicher, Andreas Brandolini and Jasper Morrison.
More recently, he was invited to give lectures and hold workshops at design schools in Germany and abroad. He was asked to participate in design talks:
at the Promosedia fair (2005), the Institut für Wirtschaftsgestaltung (2006) and at the design office Designafairs (2008) just to mention a few.
Klaus Hackl
Klaus Hackl
  • Address Kochelseestraße 11, D-81371 Munich | Germany
  • Tel +498944409818
  • Fax +498944409819

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. Consequently, 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. Furthermore, Hackl´s office began to work with a constantly increasing number of regional and international manufacturers. Striving not to accept only a specialist view of design but to work with a wide range of challanges instead, the list of clients has expanded and today includes companies as diverse as Magis spa, Nils Holger Moormann, ENO - edition nouveaux objets, Side by Side, Pinakothek der Moderne / Palais Pinakothek, Lifebridge AG amongst others. His 2003/2004 solo exhibition in Saarbruecken was accompanied by a monography «Klaus Hackl - Zwischen den Dingen» giving a complete overview of his work to date and revealing the impetus, values and philosophy behind his designs through texts by Florian Aicher, Andreas Brandolini and Jasper Morrison. More recently, he was invited to give lectures and hold workshops at design schools in Germany and abroad. He was asked to participate in design talks: at the Promosedia fair (2005), the Institut für Wirtschaftsgestaltung (2006) and at the design office Designafairs (2008) just to mention a few.