Prof. Gerhard Reichert

Appointed Professor of Product Design at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd in 2007. Head of the PG degree programme from 2008 – 2013, member of the Senate from 2008 – 2014 and since 2018. Teaching on the Product Design course with a focus on design engineering and, from 2008 – 2015, topology optimisation in the Master's in Strategic Design. After studying mechanical engineering at the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, specialising in energy and vehicle technology, studied capital goods design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. 1993 in the development team "assembly-orientated design of motor vehicles" at the Fraunhofer Institute Stuttgart IPA. From 1993 – 1997 project manager at MH Design Engineering in Germany and Switzerland. 1997 – 2004 project manager at Studio De Lucchi, Milan. During this time he founded his own studio, where he developed office furniture, medical technology, luminaires and lighting technology, among other things. Partly associated with the supervision of the entire process from concept to realisation. The products developed for Artemide, Armani, Brunner, iGuzzini, Interstuhl, Leifheit, Molteni and others are distributed worldwide, and many have been honoured with design awards. From 2016 to 2018, he worked with the Airbus development team to create the design and, together with Ralf Christe, the interface for CIMON 1 + 2 (Crew Interactive MObile companioN). CIMON 1 was on the ISS with astronaut Alexander Gerst at the end of 2018. CIMON 2 was on the ISS in 2019.

Professor at the FH Aachen Faculty of Design from 2004 – 2007. From 2007 – 2017, he was a member of the management team of the Istanbul Design Campus and organised annual German-Turkish design workshops. In 2013, he taught as a visiting professor at San Jose State University in California.

2009 – 2016 on the advisory board of the Electric Vehicle Institute. In 2014 he was appointed as a member of the VDI guideline committee 2424 "Industrial Design". He was a jury member for design and innovation awards, including the IF Award. He has carried out numerous industry-university collaborations, e.g. with Aesculab, Audi, BASF, Hartmann, Hohenloher, Hama, Leifheit. In the winter semester 2017/2018 and 2022 he taught and researched at the Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC). He founded goHfG in 2020.