Stefan Diez

Who is Stefan Diez?

Stefan Diez is a German designer and studio owner, who studied Industrial Design at the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart. He owns a design studio, and develops furniture, tableware, bags, accessories and exhibition designs.

Stefan Diez introduction to furniture design started in 1991 when for three years he worked as a cabinet maker. Having spent a year working in Mumbai and Poona, India, Diez returned to Germany in 1996 to attend University. Before founding his own design studio in January 2003, Diez worked for Richard Sapper and then Konstantin Grcic. Since then he has worked in various fields of design ranging from furniture and tableware to industrial design, as well as exhibition design for companies like Authentics, Bree, e15, Established and Sons, Gandiablasco, HAY, Moroso, Rosenthal, Thonet, Wilkhahn and others. Many of his products have received international design awards, among others the “Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland”, the “IF Gold award” and the “red dot best of the best award”. Since 2007 he is Professor for Industrial Design at the HFG Karlsruhe.""