Jury - Karsten Bleymehl
Karsten Bleymehl, Director Library & Materials Research, Material Connexion Cologne
After finishing his training in Industrial Engineering for Machine- & System-Technology, Karsten founded his own company and worked in product design and development for his family business and other national clients. In 2004 he graduated in Industrial Design at the University of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken, with a thesis entitled “New Materials in Product Design”.
He gained his first international work experience at Atelier Mendini, working on several projects with Alessandro Mendini in Milan. Since the opening of the Cologne location of Material ConneXion in 2005, Karsten has been directing the Library and Materials Research Department of Material ConneXion Cologne.
