WERKSDESIGN

WERKSDESIGN is a strategic product design office in Berlin that works as an in-house design department for international brands, following a project from the first idea to its launch on the market. The studio has occupied an artists’ house in Kreuzberg since 2012, and describes itself as an extension of its clients’ own development teams rather than an outside supplier.

The practice covers strategic 3D branding, innovation management and ideation, product design for consumer, medical and capital goods, trade-fair and retail design, packaging and technology consulting. Managing director Volker Schumann teaches at HTW Berlin, and the portfolio ranges from bathroom fittings for in2aqua to equipment developed with industrial manufacturers.