THE BFGF DESIGN LAB IS CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ABOUT ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.
WITH CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES, WE STRIVE TO PRODUCE GOODS THAT ARE USEFUL. BENEFITS FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN A MODERN AND GROWING WORLD.
THE LAB INVESTS IN RESEARCH, CONSULTING, TEACHING AND NETWORKING - IT TAKES A JOINT EFFORT TO MAKE THIS PLACE A BETTER WORLD.
HISTORY
Foundation of Circular Design Hub
Hey, here we are !!! We are looking forward to the future. Because we believe that it is pink. Because we are certain that it can be shaped. The founding act has been completed and the Circular Design Hub was officially launched yesterday. BFGF Design Studios | Gerrit Kuhn, Sebastian Mends-Cole,
Pfromm at Circular Design Deep Dive
Eric Pfromm was asked to talk about teaching circular design by FabCity Hamburg e.V. They organised a great conference at Design Zentrum Hamburg. Many interesting lectures and smart participants. The lecures are published on youtube: here are all talks
Gerrit Kuhn in the Cross Innovation Lab with Spiegelberg
Wir wurden eingeladen im Cross Innovation Lab mit dem Hamburger Unternehmen Spiegelberg eines ihrer Standardprodukte neu zu konzipieren. Ziel: Ein kosteneffizentes Medizinprodukt mit Markensprache. Danke an das Team Spiegelberg und der Hamburger Kreativgesellschaft für die fruchtbare Zusammenarbeit. Mehr dazu im Bericht zum Case auf der Website der Kreativgesellschaft. ©Jan-Marius Komorek
Housing First Bachelor by Daniela Wömmel at BFGF
In our work on furniture for Hamburg's 'Hinz & Kunzt' housing first innitiative we were supportet by Daniela Wömmel. She joined our team to work on her industrial design bachelor thesis for Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Her research and professional input greatly improved the project
Christian Schüten sits in jury of ‚Silberstreifen“–award
The Hamburg Cross Innovation Hub, designxport and page magazine have organized a competition of Hamburg designers to work on concepts, methods and products to offer solutions to pandemics, climate crisis or social issues. 'Silberstreifen" translates as "silver lining". Christan Schüten had the honor to be part of the jury that evaluated the entries
Prof. Pfromm
On January 17 2020 Professor Eric Pfromm gave his inaugural lecture at AMD Academy for fashion and design in Hamburg. He is now Professor for product design. The topic of his lecture was "Sustainability in product design and in teaching". Please note "the Speaker", an oratory instrument he inherited from his father.