Phoenix Design

The award of honour “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year” was awarded this year to Phoenix Design with its design teams in Stuttgart, Munich, and Shanghai. We are very happy about this special award! The Award Winning Ceremony and Exhibition Opening took place on 9 July 2018 in Essen/Germany. 

Wilkhahn shows its newest product designed by Phoenix Design to the public: the Conference Chair "Intra". At the ORGATEC in Cologne/Germany, the internationally leading trade show for modern working environments, the furniture manufacturer presents from 23 through 27 October 2018 his answer to increased dynamics and more agility in the office environment. Phoenix Design accompanies the press conference of its client at the opening day with Tom Schönherr, Founder and Managing Partner.

Yifan Zhang, General Manager China at Phoenix Design, heads the design studio Shanghai since its opening in 2017. With his appointment as Member of the Board, he is also part of the Phoenix Design Management from now on. Under his leadership, Phoenix Design has acquired important new clients and established itself further on the dynamic Chinese market.

Philipp Emmert dealt with the “Smart Economy Service Experience” during air travel at the Phoenix Design Academy. From that experience, the industrial designer has deduced his concept for a holistic „Food Service Experience“ for passangers and stewards. The designed components comprise: Service Units (Meal Server, Refiller), Travel Bottle, self-heating Smart Packaging.

Tony Jankowski dealt with sustainable, autonomous building at the Phoenix Design Academy. From that experience, the product designer has deduced his concept for mobile robotic system for realising extremely lightweight and stable architectural structures according to prototypes found in nature. The bionic components: "Spider" and "Snail".

Phoenix Design and umwerk Group become strategic partners. The objective of the cooperation: to bundle their respective services complementing each other perfectly into a holistic business model, and to develop them further in order to be able to support companies undergoing digital change in an even more comprehensive manner.

The Phoenix Design Management Board is proud of the Red Dot Design Team of the Year 2018 honorary title.

Kombiniere ein Möbelstück mit einem Adjektiv – und designe das „kompakte Sofa“. Werkgymnasiasten in Heidenheim haben zusammen mit Phoenix Designerin Steffi Moser ihre Lieblingskombi gestaltet. Mit der Workshop-Reihe "Entdecke Design" der Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum, wurden mit der gleichnamigen Bildungsinitiative seit 2014 schon über 13.000 Schüler in ganz Deutschland erreicht.

What moves us – briefly written in our current Phoenix Magazine FIRST. NOW. NEXT. Come with us and discover the origins of Phoenix Design. Enjoy our success today together with us. And read our thoughts about the future. Download now!

Phoenix Design has opened its third studio in Shanghai in September. In the interview, Yifan Zhang, General Manager China, talks about the beginning, the different culture and the potential of the Chinese design metropolis.

Following the motto of “30 Years of Phoenix Design – Logic, Moral, Magic”, this 30-year anniversary saw a spirited celebration at the legendary BIX jazz club in Stuttgart with more than 200 business partners and staff. Andreas Haug and Tom Schönherr took anecdotes as well as flops and hits from those days to the stage. The future was presented as well: new management board, new business areas, and strong growth in the Asian region.

From product design to innovation design partner: Phoenix Design adjusts its visual appearance. With the new Corporate Design, Phoenix Design not only parts with its red square, the logo is also shortened to one single concise word: PHOENIX.

Since October 2015, we have been present in Munich, with our most recent branch office creating the basis for further growth and looking after exciting new projects. See for yourself, take a look at the extraordinary interior design by Ippolito Fleitz and get to know our new interdisciplinary team.

Service-Robot Care-O-bot 4. The archetype of a service robot for tomorrow, developed and designed in close cooperation between Fraunhofer institute and Phoenix Design. Not only in the care sector does automation run its course. Routine chores in the private as in the public sector can be taken over by this android.