Stefan Diez

Designer

München / Germany

Born in Freising, Germany in 1971, and heir to four generations of carpenters, Stefan Diez is an accomplished industrial designer with a deep connection to craft. He trained as a cabinetmaker before studying industrial design with Richard Sapper at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (where he graduated in 2002). After a stint in Konstantin Grcic's office, he founded DIEZ OFFICE in Munich in 2003, moving it to a former carpenter's workshop in 2008. It was a perfect place to pursue his idea of design as the result of experimentation combining technical and manual skills in collaboration with a network of local artisans and technicians, as well as engineers and brands.

Stefan Diez has been Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe since 2007 and, since 2015, at the School of Industrial Design in Lund, Sweden. He has headed the Faculty of Industrial Design at Die Angewandte University in Vienna since 2018. A key theme in his work is the concept of innovation. He believes that an object deserves to be produced if it truly improves an aspect of its use. For this reason, Diez carefully chooses the companies he works with. He designs for sustainability, which he believes lies at the heart of long-lasting objects that can be reshaped, modified and adjusted over time.

Diez has created numerous products in collaboration with major brands, including the PLUSMINUS lighting system for Vibia. Thanks to a conductive fabric ribbon, these spotlights, linear lights and pendant lamps allow free and flexible lighting compositions. For Magis, he designed the Costume flexible modular sofa in recycled and recyclable polypropylene, inspired by a casual lifestyle that embraces change and questions environmental sustainability. The Houdini chairs, designed with Steffen Kehrle for e15, are composed of thin plywood shells, assembled without joints or nails thanks to a sophisticated combination of craft and industrial production. The New Order open system for Hay is made up of modular aluminium elements that permit almost infinite combinations and applications. The D1 office chair for Wagner is based on a single joint that allows independent movement of the seat and backrest along four axes. Finally, the Yard outdoor furniture collection for Emu, designed with Jonathan Mauloubier, is characterised by straps inserted into a tubular frame - a technical solution developed and patented with Emu – allowing the seat to form an integrated whole with the structure.
Convinced that the task of design is to find simple, comprehensible and surprising solutions even to complex problems or tasks, Diez represents a new generation of designers who respond to an increasingly globalised world by broadening the panorama from which they draw their inspiration.

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Stefan Diez

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NEW ORDER COMB. 103 - Aluminium office shelving with castors

JEAN - High wooden stool with back

NEW ORDER COMB. 302 - Steel chest of drawers

EK02 - Solid oak wood bathroom stool

EK04 - Tripod

AYNO - LED adjustable glass-fibre wall lamp

BASE - Handmade oak bath footboard

BRIDGE - Bathroom tray

POCKET - Leather bathrobe bag

COSTUME LOUNGE - Modular fabric sofa with removable cover

HOUDINI - Wooden chair with armrests

DICE - Wooden pin tray

PLUSMINUS - Lighting Toolkit

GUISE - LED Borosilicate glass pendant lamp

BOA - Rectangular meeting table

GUISE - LED Borosilicate glass pendant lamp

NEW ORDER TROLLEY - Aluminium office drawer unit with castors

NEW ORDER COMB. 203 - Aluminium office storage unit with hinged doors

NEW ORDER COMB. 102 - Aluminium TV cabinet with castors

COSTUME - Modular fabric sofa with removable cover

NEW ORDER COMB. 101 - Aluminium TV cabinet with castors

NEW ORDER COMB. 502 - Open aluminium bookcase

YARD - Stackable garden armchair with armrests

NEW ORDER - Rectangular aluminium table with linoleum top

NEW ORDER - Rectangular aluminium high table with linoleum top

BOA - Rectangular High meeting table

NEW ORDER COMB. 701 - Open aluminium bookcase

NEW ORDER COMB. 204 - Aluminium office storage unit with hinged doors

YARD - Easy chair

404 F - Wooden chair with armrests

GUISE - LED Borosilicate glass wall lamp

404 SPF - Wooden chair with armrests with integrated cushion

NEW ORDER COMB. 201 - Aluminium highboard with doors

NEW ORDER COMB. 301 - Open aluminium bookcase

GUISE - LED Borosilicate glass pendant lamp

404 H - Multi-layer wood stool

YARD - Aluminium high table

YARD - 2 seater sofa

YARD - Rectangular aluminium table

HOUDINI - Wood veneer chair

YARD - Low coffee table

NEW ORDER COMB. 303 - Open aluminium bookcase

NEW ORDER COMB. 501 - Open aluminium bookcase

CIAK - Folding fabric chair

GUISE - LED Borosilicate glass ceiling lamp

NEW ORDER COMB. 401 - Open aluminium and wood bookcase

NEW ORDER COMB. 202 - Open aluminium bookcase

OTHER - Wood veneer stool

404 SP - Wooden chair with padded seat

THIS - Wood veneer chair

YARD - Stackable aluminium garden chair

EUGENE - High-back oak armchair

404 - Wooden chair

COSTUME - Rectangular aluminium side table

YARD - Stackable sunded

BESSY - Upholstered stool

COSTUME - Fabric armchair with removable cover with armrests

YARD - High stackable aluminium garden stool

MR COLLINS - Wood veneer stool

THAT - Wood veneer low lounge chair

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