Clemens Auer
Clemens Auer (born 1982 in Amstetten) is an Austrian product designer, furniture designer and graphic designer.
Early life and career[edit]
Clemens Auer grew up in Amstetten, Krems and Scheibbs, where he spent much of his childhood and youth. He attended the Bundesrealgymnasium Wieselburg, where he has won numerous drawing competitions, including the European Painting Competition. After graduation, he was admitted to the study program Industrial Design of the FH Joanneum Graz.
During his studies he did an internship in Düsseldorf. In the 7th semester, he won the endowed Magna Moving Emotion Award.
After graduation he went to Vienna, where he developed his first own projects, as for BP, and again won awards, as twice a nomination for the Danish Index:Award. In 2009 he made his debut at the Vienna Design Week.[1] and sold a design for an LED street light to XAL, which presented a prototype at the Light + Building Fair Frankfurt 2010.
From 2010 to 2012, Clemens Auer worked as an employed designer at GP designpartners in Vienna on various projects. After leaving, he prepared his professional self-employment, had publications on Dezeen[2], form, AD, H.O.M.E., Yankodesign[3], Azure and designboom[4]. This was followed by participation in fairs and exhibitions such as the Salone Satellite, Vienna Design Week, as well as in Madrid, Zagreb, Budapest and Linz. In 2015, he won the Wallpaper* Design Award[5] with the design of tweezers. In 2016 he won the German Design Award[6], 2017 a German Design Award nomination for a 3D printed coffee table, 2018 the American Good Design Award[7]
This was followed by publications in Forbes magazine[8], the FAZ[9], Die Presse, Der Standard, heute, Kurier[10] and Wallpaper* magazine. The design of a ladder landed in the auction house Dorotheum[11]. He also won a scholarship from Die Presse in 2015 for an MBA at MCI Innsbruck. In 2017, he was one of the first designers on the antique platform 1stdibs represented.
Clemens Auer is also Creative Director of Lichtpunkt & Ekonjaverlag. Incidentally, he develops brand design for external customers.
Works (excerpt)[edit]
- tweezers, 2013
- coffee table, 2013
- watering can, 2013
- book shelf, 2013
- water carafe, 2011
- water carrier for Vöslauer, 2016
- LED street light for XAL, 2009
Awards[edit]
- Magna Moving Emotion Award 2006
- Index:Design Award Nominee Category Body 2009
- Index:Design Award Nominee Category Transport 2009
- NWW Design Award Nominee 2014
- Wallpaper* Design Award 2015
- Scholarship MBA Course MCI Innsbruck
- German Design Award 2016
- Mini Design Award 2016
- NWW Design Award Nominee 2017
- German Design Award Nominee 2017
- Good Design Award 2018
Exhibitions and fairs[edit]
- Blickfang Vienna Fair 2008
- Vienna Design Week 2009
- Light+Building Fair Frankfurt 2010
- Confession of Design Exhibtion Milan 2014
- Designsalon Exhibition Linz 2014
- Vienna Design Week 2014
- Dorotheum Exhibition 2014
- Austrian Design Pioneers Exhibition 2015
- Angewandt und Alltäglich Exhibition Zagreb 2015
- Blickfang Vienna Fair 2015
- Tres en uno exhibition Madrid 2015
- Salone Satellite Fair Milan 2016
- Budapest Design Week 2016
- Solo Exhibition Scheibbs-Neubruck 2016
- Vienna Design Week 2016
- 20 Years Salone Satellite Exhibition Milan 2017
- Design Everyday Exhibition 2017
- Design Talk at Vienna Art Week 2017
- Work Presentation live on ORF Television 2017
- Design Workshop Scheibbs 2018
- Vienna Design Week 2018
- Der Hände Werk Exhibition Schallaburg 2019
- Design Exhibition MAK Vienna 2019
Publications[edit]
- Auto & Design Magazine, Italy, 2006.
- Peter Stuiber, Design in Wien 2000–2010, Metroverlag, Vienna 2010.
- Gerhard Heufler, Designimpulse, niggli Verlag, 2010.
- Gerhard Heufler, Design Basics, niggli Verlag, 2007.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Die Debütanten". Die Presse (in Deutsch). 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Tweezers by Clemens Auer". Dezeen. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ Turner, Troy. "Heavyweight Cable Car | Yanko Design". Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "clemens auer: streetwise LED lights". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Clemens Auer entwirft Dinge, die es schon gibt, die aber komplett anders aussehen - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Fingerrund & neu erfunden: die Pinzette – als Tweezers". BIORAMA (in Deutsch). 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "The Good Design Awards". www.good-designawards.com. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Preisgekrönte Pinzette als Ausstellungshit". noe.orf.at (in Deutsch). 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Möbeldesign Schlicht und einfach wohnen". FAZ.NET (in Deutsch). 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ "Design in Versen". kurier.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ↑ ""Leiter", Entwurf Clemens Auer, - Design 06.11.2014 - Schätzwert: EUR 3.200 bis EUR 3.800 - Dorotheum". www.dorotheum.com (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
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