Ballerina goes RITZENHOFF
See who is behind it: the designers
Even if you do not know her by name - you might just be into it: Shalev is world-famous carpet and textile designer. Also links curtains, paper products, porcelain or shower curtains inseparable from her characteristic style. Her influences: the pop art, the Spanish, the cave painters, the homeland. Her style: correspondingly versatile - sometimes minimalist, sometimes humorous, always lively. Since 1994, close collaboration with German companies such as Karstadt, Rosenthal, Design House.
Graduated in fashion design from the Berlin University of the Arts in 1990, then worked as an editorial assistant and costume designer, and finally as a freelance designer and illustrator from 1996. Her fun-filled designs adorn the products of many well-known manufacturers and publishers - while she also provides fresh accents in the art scene with her acrylic paintings in parallel.
The Prague-born designer Lenka Kühnertová founded her own manufactory after studying at the Stuttgart Art Academy. There she designs and produces literary-inspired textile accessories, which she prints by hand in an elaborate design process. In dialogue with different clients, her graphic signature also enriches events, spaces and products.
Designer in Stuttgart, Germany. Born in Spain, she studied architecture in the Basque Country and in Stuttgart, where she has been happily working as an independent illustrator since 2010. Hobbies such as ballet, travel and fashion shape her feminine illustration style, which is created digitally, but also quite classically analog.
Designer and illustrator in Essen, Germany , *1964
After studying in Münster and Essen, she initially worked in advertising and as an art director for a publishing house. In the meantime, she has made a name for herself as a freelance designer and illustrator - and particularly appreciates the creative freedom in her job: "I love it when there are no limits to my creativity!"
Architect and industrial designer from Lisbon.Born in 1968, the architect and industrial designer's work is deeply rooted in Portuguese history. From his studio in Lisbon, he helps Portuguese design achieve worldwide recognition - his master plan for Expo 98 and his red-and-blue retirement home in northern Portugal are particularly well known. But he also reinterprets classics of furniture culture with great respect - including the world-famous "Alvar Aalto Chair".
With great sensitivity, he absorbs environmental influences and fuses them into a successful blend of fantasy and reality. His work has received numerous awards, and he contributes his know-how and experience as a lecturer at no less than two universities and director of MID (International Design Movement).
Sabine Röhse, designer in Cologne, Germany.
The German textile designer consistently pursues an individual style with her own label, which is characterized by a complex language of forms with clear, strong contours. In addition to commissioned work, she serves a wide variety of product areas with her expressive retail collection.