DESIGN PLANET

Profile of DESIGN PLANET

Business Name

DESIGN PLANET

Location

Germany

Services

Product Design

Website

http://www.designplanet.de

Delhaes Jose

Principal(s)

Delhaes, Jose (born 1956)

• Academie de la Cambre (ENSAAV), Brussels, Belgium - Industrial Design
• University GH Wuppertal, Germany - Industrial Design Diploma
• Art Center College of Design Pasadena, USA - Product Design
• Visiting Professor at the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main, Germany Product Design Faculty

Philosophy

Innovative product design concepts, combining strong individual positioning with global market acceptance.

Design development handled as interactive process between the designer and the client.

Focus on consumer products. Full range product development.

Excerpt of client list: Alcatel, France; Avaya Tenovis, Germany; Legrand, France; Philips, Germany; Sanford rotring, Germany; Omega Electronics, Switzerland; Louis Vuitton, France; WMF, Germany

Background

• Founded: 1989
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 5

Key projects

• Subscriber Phone Line, Alcatel, France
• Insulating Jug, Alfi, Germany
• Computer Keyboard, Cherry, Germany
• E-Banking Token, VASCO, Belgium
• Instant Water Heater, Clage, Germany
• Shopping Trolley, Leifheit, Germany
• Hairdresser Seat, Olymp, Germany
• Wooden Furniture Accessories, Carpenter Tan, China
• Shop Design, Carpenter Tan, China

Key awards

• 2008, Nomination Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, Instant Water Heater, Clage, Luneburg, Germany
• 2006, International Design Award Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany, Instant Water Heater, Clage, Luneburg, Germany
• 1997, Red Dot, Design Centre Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen, Germany, Instant Water Heater, Clage, Luneburg, Germany
• 1997, Ecology Design Award, IF, Hannover, Germany, Instant Water Heater, Clage, Luneburg, Germany
• 1996, iF, Hannover, Germany, ISDN Terminal adapter, Stollmann, Hamburg, Germany
• 1996, Design Plus, Frankfurt, Germany, Shopping Trolley, Leifheit, Nassau/Lahn, Germany