Adrian Peach Design offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary design consultancy service, working with producers and brands of all kinds to make better end-products.
Better in every sense, for all stakeholders:
USEFUL
relevant and sensitive to the consumer / end-user
ELEGANT
expressive of the brand’s vision and values
OPTIMISED
for production and supply chain
SUSTAINABLE
commercially, socially and environmentally
Clients, Employers, Partners and Collaborations
Alessi, Ansorg, Antonio Citterio, Arclinea, Artemide, David Chipperfield Architects, B&B Italia, Domus Academy Research Center, Emirates Stadium, EMU, IXC, Felicerossi, Flamingo Group, Fontana Arte, Frag, FSB, Future Concept Lab, Guzzini, Haworth Castelli, Hitch Mylius, Isao Hosoe, Kaneka OLED, Montina, Olgoj Chorchoj, Porro, Samsung, Segno, Skycharge GmbH, Steelcase Strafor, Studio Meda, Trilux, Vitra, Wästberg, Zumtobel, 3M, Zoetrope Strategy Limited
This unique professional experience has allowed him to hone a special skill-set:
• Understanding consumers’ needs and desires
• Combining technical and human insights in one process
• Building dialogue with diverse stakeholders around complex problems
• Knowledge of diverse manufacturing processes, low-tech and high-tech
• Understanding business practice and economic forces
• International network of professional partners with specific competencies
Clients, Employers, Partners and Collaborations
Alessi, Ansorg, Antonio Citterio, Arclinea, Artemide, David Chipperfield Architects, B&B Italia, Domus Academy Research Center, Emirates Stadium, EMU, IXC, Felicerossi, Flamingo Group, Fontana Arte, Frag, FSB, Future Concept Lab, Guzzini, Haworth Castelli, Hitch Mylius, Isao Hosoe, Kaneka OLED, Montina, Porro, Samsung, Segno, Skycharge GmbH, Steelcase Strafor, Studio Meda, Trilux, Vitra, Wästberg, Zumtobel, 3M, Zoetrope Strategy Limited.
Universities and Design Schools
Academy of Art, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM, Prague), Domus Academy (Milan), German University in Cairo (Berlin and Cairo), German International University (Cairo), Istituto Marangoni (London), KLC (London), Istituto Europeo di Design (Milan), Hochschule Hannover, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW-Berlin), Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (Saarbrücken), Kunsthochschule Weißensee (Berlin), Università di Bologna.
Biography
Graduates from Manchester Polytechnic (UK) – Faculty of Arts, Industrial Design.
1992
Begins three year collaboration with Antonio Citterio in Milan, Italy on product design for Arclinea, Kartell and Vitra and more.
1995
Collaboration on development of Steelcase Strafor’s TNT office furniture program with Isao Hosoe Design, Milan.
1996
Adrian Peach Design established in Milan with focus on product, interior and exhibition design. First product launch: Cargo by Porro (Italy).
1998 – 2004
Regular collaborations on research projects with Future Concept Lab and Domus Academy Research Center.
1999 – 2004
Art director for Italian lighting brand Segno curation of product range and communication material, exhibition and retail design
2005
Consultant on furniture fit-out for various clients, including Emirates Stadium, London.
2005
Joins David Chipperfield Architects, London as head of product design.
2008
Managing director of David Chipperfield Design GmbH, Berlin. New product development with Alessi, B&B Italia, Zumtobel and more.
2011
Adrian Peach Design re-established in Berlin. Scope of work shifts towards design-led consultancy, consumer insight (eg with Flamingo Group, London and more), research and teaching.
2013
Begins regular teaching post at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin), other teaching includes Academy of Art, Architecture and Design (Umprum, Prague).
Active engagement with the very latest ideas and innovations, applying design to solving tomorrow’s social, economic and environmental challenges.
2016
Completes MA in Design Management at Staffordshire University (UK).
Focus of research on innovation culture, consumer insight and design business models.
Design-led innovation consultancy with Johannes Kiessler for Japanese OLED producer Kaneka.
2017
Begins ongoing brand insight and design consultancy with Skysense Inc. (now Skycharge GmbH) – producers of smart accessories for autonomous drone charging.
2018
Research collaboration with SSK (Milan) on the German kitchen experience.
2018
Begins guest professorship at the German University in Cairo (Egypt), Faculty of Applied Arts and Sciences.
2019
Continuation of design-led research, teaching and product development.
2020
New phase of intensive new product development with Skycharge GmbH. More research into smart product development.
2020
Consumer insight research with Zoetrope Strategy Limited (London).
2021
Begins professorship at HTW-Berlin, Faculty of Culture and Design, Industrial Design.
2022
Visiting Professor at University of Bologna, Faculty of Industrial Design and Advanced Design.
Develops smart door-lock prototype and conducts user testing, supported by Ideas in Action at HTW-Berlin and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. Berlin.
Teaching Workshop at Kunsthochschule Kassel, DE.
2023
Continued new product development with Skycharge GmbH.
Further teaching of Digital Product Strategy, Visual Experience Design and Innovation Design Management (Master and Bachelor) at UE-Potsdam, in collaboration with industry partner FSB GmbH + Co KG.
2024
Continued new activities in design and smart product development, as well as a new restaurant interior project in the pipeline: watch this space !!!