Stefan Maas

1967 born in Cologne Industrial Design diploma, University of Wuppertal 1995-2000 Work experience: Galerie Debut/Designbüro Köln, Philips Design and Ascom
2001-03 Teaching Assistant at the Computational Design programme, University of Wuppertal
2002 Co-founder of dmbh – network for design in Amsterdam, Cologne und Munich
2007 MAAS + CO

Exhibitions and Publications

Group exhibitions at the Museum for Applied Art in Cologne, the Museum for Arts and Crafts Hamburg, the Museum Baden Solingen, and in galleries in Germany and the Netherlands.

Awards and prizes

National and International Awards, amongst others red dot award, IF Concept Award, Habitat Award der Interieur-Biennale Kortrijk und I.D. Annual Design Review.

Stefan Maas focuses on product design and corporate design. In his work there is no separation between two and three dimensional design.

Stefan Maas about his work:
“Ease and usefulness are harder to achieve than one expects. I prefer working with minimal materials. That way I know why each design element is there.”