Silvia Knüppel
* Hamburg / Germany
studio based in Hamburg

2010/11 lecturer for Design at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (HfbK) / Lehrbeauftragte für Design/Grundklasse
2007, Assistent at Atelier Oumou Sy, Dakar, Senegal / Dokumenta 12, Kassel
2007, graduation / productdesign
University of Art and Design Karlsruhe, Germany / Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
2005, Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands
1998, Academy of Art College San Francisco

working experience in Paris, Rotterdam, San Francisco

lectures / workshops
workshop with Masterstudents of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
workshop at the Villa Noailles Hyères
lectures at the Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv

2011, Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany (newcomer) / nomination
2010, Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany (newcomer) / nomination
2009, DAAD scholarship
2009, Young Designers meet the Industry / nomination
2008, Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award / special mention
2008, skuuma Designaward / nomination
2008, d3 contest / nomination
2006, Commerzbank Cologne, Designaward / 1. prize
2005, Volvo Sport-Design-Award / 1.prize
2005, Kahla-Design Award / 3. prize
2004, Nike Sportdesign Award / nomination
2003, scholarship of the german academic foundation / Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2003, Commerzbank Cologne Designaward / special mention

2011, "couplicité", Maison et Objet Paris, Agency Nelly Rodi
2011, "mint shop", London Design Festival
2011, "kkaarrlls - furnishings to come", Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
2011, "new olds", (ifa) Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv
2011, "Design in Aktion", Goethe Institut Warsaw
2011, "Design Deutschland 2011", german design council, Milan, New York, Hongkong
2011, "Salone Satellite" International Furniture Fair Milan
2011, "kkaarrlls-editions no. 3" Salone del Mobile Milan
2010, "Hubertus Wald Kinderreich", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
2010, "Interieur 2010" 22nd International Design Biennale Kortrijk
2010, "4. ingolstädter designgespräche" Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt
2010, "SPIELRÄUME 1", Nachrichtenmeisterei, (Museumsnacht) Kassel
2010, "Salone Satellite" International Furniture Fair Milan
2010, "kkaarrlls-editions no. 2" Salone del Mobile Milan
2009, "lapse in time" Experimenta Design Week Lisbon
2009, "YDMI-show" Tendence Fair Frankfurt
2009, "kkaarrlls-editions" Salone del Mobile Milan
2009, "Nullpunkt-Nieuwe German Gestaltung" Museum Marta Herford
2008, "Vertrautes Terrain" Museum of Contemporary Art Karlsruhe
2008, "Mytopanton" Designhaus Hessen, Darmstadt
2008, "talents" Ambiente Fair Frankfurt
2008, "play and joke" Lodz Designfestival
2008, "d3 contest" International Furniture Fair Cologne
2008, "Wohnwanderdinge auf Gruppenreise" Smart Travelling Store, DMY Berlin
2007, "living and working together", Academiegalerie, Utrecht Manifest
2006, "Stadtgeschichten", Karlsruher Stadtgeburtstag
2005, "Ball im Kopf", Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg
2005, "talents", Tendence Fair Frankfurt
2005, "young and german" Designmai Berlin
2005, "young and german", Art Front Gallery Tokyo
since 2005 "different as usual", ifa institut, Cairo, Athens, Karlsruhe, Luanda, New Delhi
2005, ISPO Munich, Shanghai
2005, Autosalon Geneva
2004, "Nike Sportdesign Award", Nike Spiritroom, Designmai Berlin
2003, Biennale St.Etienne
2003, International Furniture Fair Cologne
2002, Salone Satellite, Milan
2002, International Furniture Fair Cologne
2001, "talents" Tendence Fair Frankfurt