I’m Severin Hackspiel, a designer based in Wuppertal. I grew up somewhere around Munich and have been looking for useful things to make ever since. The definition of “useful” is still under construction.

I started with interfaces, spent a year at Ergolabs, four months at HUGE DESIGN in San Francisco and an exchange year in Cincinnati. I studied industrial and product design, followed by strategic innovation and product development — the part where one asks whether a product should exist before deciding what shape it ought to have.

After four years of research at the Wuppertal Institute, I now work with Gut Einern e.V. on FAB.Region. Most of the things collected here happened beside the day job, as these things tend to do.

I have a day job, but I’m always up for a good project or a collaboration. For that, or for something from the shop, send me a message.

now

Gut Einern e.V., Wuppertal — FAB.Region

2021–2025

Wuppertal Institute — research

2019–2021

Master of Strategic Innovation and Product Development

2018

HUGE DESIGN, San Francisco — industrial design

2017–2018

University of Cincinnati — exchange year

2014

HM Munich — paper and packaging science

2014–2019

Bachelor of Industrial and Product Design, Wuppertal