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Prof. Stefan Heiliger 
Prof. Stefan Heiliger 
Prof. Stefan Heiliger
Born in Berlin in 1941

Studied at the University for Design in Ulm and under Prof. Wagenfeld in Stuttgart

1964 – 1977
Designer for Mercedes-Benz

1974 – 1977
Teaching position at the University for Design in Offenbach

1977 – 2005
Professorship at the University for Design in Offenbach

Since 1978 has had own design practice “Stefan Heilger Design“ in Frankfurt am Main.

Since 1980 active as freelancer with reputable companies from the furniture industry


Awards (excerpt)


2008
Red Dot Award for the chair “Question Mark“, Tonon spa.italy, WK Wohnen

2008
Red Dot Award for the chair “Punto“, Tonon spa.italy, WK Wohnen

2007
Represented in the New Collection at the Munich Pinakothek with three prototypes and photos of previous designs

2007
Represented in the design collection of the Museum for Applied Art in Frankfurt with one prototype, two 1:5 models and drawings

2006
Red Dot Award for the bed “Corner“, Ruf Betten, Rastatt

“Prof. Stefan Heiliger has made reflecting on being seated and its conditions a centre of his creative thinking. His designs move between comfort and calculation, aiming for maximum relaxation […].“ (Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Museum for Applied Arts)