Julia Lohmann

Julia Lohmann ( born 1977, Germany ) is a multidisciplinary designer living and working in London. She works with unusual and undervalued natural and manmade materials. Lohmann’s work probes our attitudes towards the world that sustains us. Lohmann set up her own design studio in London in 2004. She is a visiting lecturer at a number of UK design schools.

Biography

Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Julia Lohmann came to the United Kingdom in 1998 to study on the BA (Hons) Graphic Design course at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College (now the University for the Creative Arts). She graduated in 2001 and won several prizes for her graphic design and product development work. She subsequently completed a two-year MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London in 2004.

Upon graduation, Julia Lohmann’s work was selected for the ‘Design Mart’ exhibition at the Design Museum, London, by then director Alice Rawsthorn. Since then, Lohmann’s work has been shown as part of the ‘Great Brits’ touring exhibition organised by the British Council and numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums in the UK and abroad, as well as The Culture Show (BBC, 2007), in books, international magazines and newspapers.

Notable works

* Kelp Constructs, lighting objects made from seaweed, 2008
* The Catch, an installation on the over-fishing of the oceans, S-AIR/ICC, Sapporo, Japan, 2007
* The Lasting Void, stool, 2007
* Erosion Series, furniture objects made of soap, 2007
* Cowbenches, leather benches in the shape of a cow’s body, 2004
* Ruminant Bloom, lights made from preserved sheep and cow stomach, 2004
* Flock, a ceiling installation made from 50 preserved sheep stomachs, 2004

Awards

* 2008, 'Designer of the Future', Design Miami Basel
* 2007, Artist in Residence, S-AIR/ICC, Sapporo, Japan
* 2004, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation grant
* 2004, Selected as a ‘Great Brit’, for the eponymous British Council touring design exhibition
* 2004, 1st Prize Qatar Logo Competition, ‘Qatar Costume Museum’ identity
* 2001, 2 IF Design Award, ‘Best of Category’ for Ecology and Product Design
* 2001, Red Dot Design Award
* 2001, 1st prize, D&AD student award, Product Development
* 2001, 1st prize, Inaugural John Gillard Award, Best Design Student on Show

Bibliography

* ‘Twenty-first Century Design – new design icons, from mass market to avant-garde’, Marcus Fairs (Ed.), Carlton Books, London, UK
* ‘&Fork’, (100 contemporary designers selected by 10 curators) Phaidon Press, London, UK

External Links

* Julia Lohmann Official Website [http://www.julialohmann.co.uk]
* Design Museum London [http://www.designmuseum.org/design/julia-lohmann]
* British Council [http://www.britishcouncil.org.uk]
* Esmee Fairbairn Foundation [http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk]
* Design Miami [http://www.designmiami.com]
* Royal College of Art (RCA) [http://www.rca.ac.uk]
* Design & Art Direction (D&AD) [http://www.dandad.co.uk]
* Dezeen Online Design Magazine [http://www.dezeen.com]
* IconEye Design & Architecture Magazine [http://www.iconeye.com]