ABOUT
Tobias Trübenbacher is a product designer with a focus on sustainability and material innovations.
After studying Industrial Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, he graduated in Product Design at the University of the Arts Berlin. Tobias interned at Atelier Steffen Kehrle and has been working as a designer for Studio Mark Braun and Konstantin Grcic Design.
To expand his design expertise and ability to shape our everyday surroundings, Tobias currently studying two further Master programs in Architecture and Urban Design at the Technical University Munich.
SELECTED AWARDS
GERMAN DESIGN AWARD: NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2022
DEUTSCHER NACHHALTIGKEITSPREIS 2022
GREEN CONCEPT AWARD 2022
BRAUN PRIZE 2021
JAMES DYSON AWARD 2021 – national Runner-Up
CREATIVE CONSCIENCE 2021 – Gold Award
DDC WAS IST GUT? 2021 – finalist
EIN&ZWANZIG 2021 – winner
GERMAN DESIGN AWARD NEWCOMER 2021 – nomination
MAKE ME! (ŁODŻ DESIGN FESTIVAL) 2020 – special ŁDF prize
STARTS PRIZE 2020
DESIGN PLUS AWARD 2019
LUXI LIGHT DESIGN AWARD 2019
FUTURE AWARD 2019
BEYOND BAUHAUS AWARD 2019
NORTHERN DESIGN AWARD 2019 – honorable mention
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023/02 Frankfurt/Germany AMBIENTE, GermanDesignAwad
2022/10 Cologne/Germany ORGATEC, Materials4Future
2022/01 Cologne/Germany THE CIRCLE, MAKK x Dutch Invertuals
2021/10 Berin/Germany GERMAN DESIGN GRADUATES, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
2021/10 Seoul/South Korea DESIGN DRIVEN INNOVATION: CARBON ZERO, Design Korea 2021
2021/09 Munich/Germany X-D-E-P-O-T, Pinakothek der Moderne München
2021/09 Milan/Italy THE LOST GRADUATION SHOW, Supersalone Milan
2021/05 several cities/Germany ROADSHOW, U-Institut
2021/04 Berlin/Germany MATERIAL LOOPS, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
2020/11 Łódź/Poland MAKE ME!, Łódź Design Festival
2020/11 Linz/Austria STARTS PRIZE, Ars Electronica
2020/11 Frankfurt/Germany DESIGN PLUS, light+buidling (shifted to web)
2020/10 Berlin/Germany INTERCONNECTED, Design Transfer Berlin
2020/06 Milan/Italy VENTURA FUTURE, Milan Design Week 2020 (shifted to web)
2020/05 Berlin/Germany DESIGN TRANSFER, Berlin Design Week 2020
2020/03 Munich/Germany SOCIAL PAVILION, MCBW Munich
2020/01 Cologne/Germany DESIGN! NOW?, IMM Cologne
2019/11 Dubai/ARE GLOBAL GRAD SHOW, Dubai Design Week
2019/10 Eindhoven/Netherlands ANTENNA 2019, Dutch Design Week
2019/08 Wiesloch/Germany FUTURE CONVENTION, Best Western Platin
2019/07 Berlin/Germany BEYOND BAUHAUS, CLB gallery Kreuzberg
2019/05 Cologne/Germany DISRUPTIVE MATERIALS, Interzum Cologne
2019/04 Milan/Italy FUTURES x SALONESATTELITE, Salone del Mobile
2019/02 Berlin/Germany INTERVENTION#4, Bauhaus Archiv Berlin
2018/10 Istanbul/Turkeey 4th ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNAL, Akbank Sanat
2018/07 Gdynia/Poland GROWING MATTERS, Gdynia Design Week
2017/07 Munich/Germany EVERYDAY NATURE, Exhibition of HS Munich Students