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