Nick Geipel is a Berlin-based industrial designer driven by curiosity about how things work, how they are made, and how they could be different.
His practice combines systematic investigation with hands-on experimentation, exploring materials, technologies and interactions across different scales. Moving between playful exploration and critical engagement with existing systems, he translates ideas into tangible objects, products and infrastructures.
With a strong understanding of construction and manufacturing, his work seeks to uncover new possibilities for design — from unexpected interactions and material expressions to more responsible ways of shaping our everyday environments.
After finishing his apprenticeship as a carpenter and cabinetmaker 2018 in Hamburg, he started his studies 2019 in Berlin, receiving his B.A. in product & industrial design in 2024 and his M.A. in 2026 from weissensee kunsthochschule berlin. In 2022 he studied for a semester at Kyoto University of the Arts and Design in Kyoto, Japan.
Currently he works as an artistic research associate at weissensee kunsthochschule berlin as well as a freelance designer with different design studios, artists and companies. He formerly worked for büro +staubach, Matters of Activity, Seiki Design Studio and Studio Mark Braun.
If you are interested in working with me please reach out:
nickgeipeldesign@gmail.com
+49 1525 4636307
Clients & Collaborations:
Ichendorf Milano
NowyStyl / Kusch + Co
Berliner Stadtreinigung
Studio Mark Braun
Panter.Studio
Awards:
German Design Award Newcomer 2027 - nominee
Re: Think Design Competition - 3rd Place
German Design Award Newcomer 2026 - nominee
RIMOWA Design Prize 2025 - finalist (Layers)
Hessischer Staatspreis f. univ. Design24 - shortlist (Layers)
one&twenty Newcomer Award 2023 - shortlist (Filka)
Green Concept Award 2023 - shortlist (Filka)
Green Concept Award 2023 - shortlist (Powerplant)
Creative Conscience Award 2022 (Filka)
Isola Design Award 2022 - nominee (Powerplant)
Hessischer Staatspreis f. univ. Design22 - shortlist (Powerplant)
Selected Press & Publications:
09/26 BauNetz-ID
05/26 a bunch of knobs
04/26 Tagesspiegel
04/26 HypeBeast
04/26 Monopol Magazin
08/25 Frame Magazine Issue 163
06/25 Ideat Issue 26
05/25 Monopol Magazin
05/25 Tagesspiegel
05/25 Dezeen
05/25 AD Magazin
05/25 the.thing.magazine
04/25 Wallpaper Magazine
04/25 Esquire
04/25 Maison Madame
12/24 DesignBoom
04/24 La Repubblica
04/24 Scale Mag
03/24 designwanted
03/24 LaNacion
11/23 Frame Magazine Issue 154
06/23 Isola Design Magazine
01/23 Green Trend Book 2023
12/22 BluPrint Webzine
08/22 Glass - Handformed Matter Book
Exhibitions:
09/26 Berlin, GER seetech Currents. Design in Berlin
04/26 Milano, IT Ichendorf Milano Salone del Mobile
04/26 Milano, IT a bunch of knobs MDW - Fuori Salone
02/26 Berlin, GER Gestalten für Berlin Museum der Dinge
09/25 Paris, FR Ichendorf Milano Maison et Objet
09/25 Berlin, GER 40m2 Private residence
05/25 Berlin, GER Rimowa Design Prize Gropiusbau
05/25 Berlin, GER Nukleus SOMOS Art Space
05/25 Saarbrücken, GER ReStart Moderne Galerie
03/25 Funchal, PT Design Bienal Funchal CCIF
04/24 Milano, IT Enhance - designwanted MDW - Fuori Salone
01/24 Frankfurt, GER Talents Ambiente Frankfurt Fair
04/23 Baruth, GER Wasser & Wein Museum Baruther Glashütte
02/23 Riihimäki, FI glass handformed matter Finnish GlasMuseum
02/23 Halle, GER Wasser & Wein Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt
11/22 Cologne, GER Greener Manufacturing Show Cologne Fair
10/22 Eindhoven, NL Green Future Club dutch design week
08/22 Boda, SWE glass handformed matter The Glass Factory
05/22 Gotha, GER Wasser & Wein Kunstforum Gotha
05/22 Berlin, GER glass handformed matter Bröhan Museum
07/21 Berlin, GER Wasser & Wein feldfünf
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