designboom article: stefan diez

left: ‘friday’ mock-up
right: dining chair ‘friday’

stefan diez was born in freising / munich in 1971.
after finishing his carpenters’ training he worked in
bombay and poona, india for one year for a furniture
producer and subsequently studied industrial design at the
academy for fine arts in stuttgart.
he worked for a short period as assistant designer
for richard sapper in the us and for ca. two years
for konstantin grcic before he opened in 2002
his own studio in munich.

left: ‘couch’ for elmar flötotto
right: the inner structure of the couch