Thomas Schnur

"In my projects I always try to enter into negotiation with the product being designed. I negotiate the weighting of material, manufacture, form, meaning and function. I break down the task into its properties and meanings. Then I analyze, evaluate and construct the idea. In doing so, it is important to me that the products, which often arise from familiar fragments, develop a maximum of independence despite their cross-references. Thus they allow associations, but beyond that develop the potential to become a product in their own right."

Thomas Schnur (*1983) studied product design at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen after training as a carpenter. During his studies, he worked for Mathieu Lehanneur in Paris, among others, and studied at the École Supérieure d'Art et Design de Saint Étienne. His work has been presented at numerous national and international design platforms. Among them IMM Cologne, Maison et Objet Paris, Salone del Mobile Milan, ICFF New York and Beijing Design Week. Engaging with everyday things, he formulates objects in collaboration with companies such as Functionals, Tecta, Echtstahl and Magazin. In 2017 he published the book Common Things, which was presented with the exhibition of the same name in Munich, Cologne and Leipzig. Since 2015 he has been teaching at Ecosign in Cologne. He has also been a lecturer at the HBK Saar, UdK Berlin as well as the Kunsthochschule Kassel.