GERHARDT KELLERMANN

• OFFICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
  
  
• OFFICE FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
  
• ABOUT

  
  

  Credit: Ana Relvao

  Gerhardt Kellermann worked for designers like Sam Hecht, Nitzan Cohen or Herbert H. Schultes while still a student at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. After his graduation, he acted as an assistant to Nitzan Cohen for three years. Today he runs his own studio in Munich, focusing on industrial design and photography. Late 2012 Ana Relvão, Gerhardt Kellermann and Herbert H. Schultes founded the collaborative Industrial Design Associates. He is invited teacher at the State Academy of Fine Arts and Design Stuttgart, Academy for Fine Arts Saarbrücken as well at the Academy for Fine Arts Braunschweig. Clients are amongst others: Auerberg Authentics BASF designfabrik BMW Mini Bree Bulthaup Condé-Nast-Verlag Fantastic Paper Flötotto Form - The Making of Design Herman Miller Hugo Boss Mattiazzi Spex - Magazin für Popkultur Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin Tsatsas Wästberg

  INTERVIEW SATTELITE VOICES BY SWATCH / DAZED AND CONFUSED Gerhardt Kellermann is the photographer and industrial designer whose works have just the right marriage of soft and tough elements... with Satellite Voices he talks about the cosmos of culture. What was the first thing you ever made? I find it hard to commit myself to a project or anything else I am working on. Lots of projects are the first thing I ever made in a certain way. It can be product, a photograph, a book or a short film. The most exciting and fascinating thing is to face new projects and challenges, things you have never done before. What’s your dream project? There are many projects I would enjoy to work on but I cannot say that there is one particular project I 'dream' of. The most important thing for me is to work with a company, brand, partner or magazine that has a certain esteem, respect and understanding for my way of working. What do you wish you had written / created? I don't think it's productive to wish or yearn for things that already exist. The goal is to find and observe things that inspire you. It's about combining what already exists to create something new. Who’s work / art / music would you recommend on checking out? For sure, Ayzit Bostan. Her work spans many disciplines; from clothing and installation to music and film. Her style is uniquely sensual yet sharp and clear. It is for this reason that I am glad to wear her clothing and accessories. I am constantly amazed by how many people ask me about my clothes when I wear Ayzit Bostan. On a few occasions I was actually fortunate enough to participate in a few of her projects. It is always very inspiring and a lot of fun to work with her. I would also recommend the work of Guy Bourdin. I am fascinated by his photography as well as his person. How do you describe your work? My body of work is hard to describe and define because of its diversity. Most people who I deal with know me as a photographer but mainly I work as a industrial designer (a strange thing considering my thesis was not product, it was a book). In the past I worked as a freelancer on a few architectural projects but currently I am working on a multi-disciplinary installation that I can't talk about yet. Alongside this I prepare my teaching lessions for the State Academy of fine Arts and Design in Stuttgart. I think that Art, Design, Fashion, Music, Culture, Film and Photography is a big cosmos, influenced by each other in which the results becomes exiting by crossing boarders. I am glad to have the opportunity to participate in the exchange.

  
  
  

• CONTACT
  GERHARDT KELLERMANN
  KAPUZINERSTRASSE 2
  80337 MUNICH

  +49 [0]179 5109735
  MAIL@GERHARDTKELLERMANN.COM
  
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  INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ASSOCIATES
  BAHNHOFSTRASSE 17
  82229 SEEFELD
  
  +49 [0]8152 9995388
  GK@INDUSTRIALDESIGNASSOCIATES.COM