Michael Hilgers
In addition to developing innovative furniture concepts for the office, outdoor and kitchen sectors, Michael Hilgers' Berlin design studio has been working on space-saving solutions for compact living for a decade.
There is an increasing lack of space, especially in urban areas, and his creative designs offer innovative and at the same time amazingly simple solutions, such as the ultra-flat FLATMATE secretary or the FLATFRAME picture frame/wall-mounted secretary.
Michael Hilgers' designs combine inventiveness with minimalist design: the 'pragmatic design' method he has developed focuses on the (spatial) problem to be solved: with this design principle, the trained carpenter deliberately ignores conventional comparable products that are already available and thus develops a new, individually suitable and, above all, practical solution on a blank sheet of paper. The resulting product appears familiar at first glance, but offers an innovative answer to everyday living problems through its reinterpretation, hidden functions or amazingly simple construction.
Michael Hilgers is never interested in inventing a spectacular form; he is more interested in discovering the 'special in the everyday'. The (multi)functional, flexible and space-saving furniture developed in his Berlin studio has won several awards, including the "Interior Innovation Award", and has already been exhibited in various museums.
