Julia Lohmann

Julia Lohmann (born 1977, Germany) is a multidisciplinary designer living and working in London. She is a visiting lecturer at a number of UK design schools.

Biography

Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Julia Lohmann came to the United Kingdom in 1998 to study on the BA (Hons) Graphic Design course at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College (now the University for the Creative Arts). She graduated in 2001 and won several prizes for her graphic design and product development work. She subsequently completed a two-year MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London in 2004.

Upon graduation, Julia Lohmann’s work was selected for the ‘Design Mart’ exhibition at the Design Museum, London, by then director Alice Rawsthorn. Since then, Lohmann’s work has been shown as part of the ‘Great Brits’ touring exhibition organised by the British Council and numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums in the UK and abroad, as well as The Culture Show (BBC, 2007), in books, international magazines and newspapers.

Lohmann set up her own design studio in London in 2004.

Notable works

Kelp Constructs, lighting objects made from seaweed, 2008
The Catch, an installation on the over-fishing of the oceans, S-AIR/ICC, Sapporo, Japan, 2007
The Lasting Void, stool, 2007
Erosion Series, furniture objects made of soap, 2007
Cowbenches, leather benches in the shape of a cow’s body, 2004 ^[1]
Ruminant Bloom, lights made from preserved sheep and cow stomach, 2004
Flock, a ceiling installation made from 50 preserved sheep stomachs, 2004

Awards

2008, 'Designer of the Future', Design Miami Basel
2007, Artist in Residence, S-AIR/ICC, Sapporo, Japan
2004, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation grant
2004, Selected as a ‘Great Brit’, for the eponymous British Council touring design exhibition
2004, 1st Prize Qatar Logo Competition, ‘Qatar Costume Museum’ identity
2001, 2 IF Design Award, ‘Best of Category’ for Ecology and Product Design
2001, Red Dot Design Award
2001, 1st prize, D&AD student award, Product Development
2001, 1st prize, Inaugural John Gillard Award, Best Design Student on Show

Bibliography

‘Twenty-first Century Design – new design icons, from mass market to avant-garde’, Marcus Fairs (Ed.), Carlton Books, London, UK
‘&Fork’, (100 contemporary designers selected by 10 curators) Phaidon Press, London, UK

References

↑ “Waltraud” Cow-Bench. 2004