Jonas Vollmer is a German

Germans

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 industrial designer and is one of the key principles of TEAMS Design

TEAMS Design

TEAMS Design is a multinational industrial design firm headquartered in Germany founded in 1956 by industrial designer Hans Erich Slany. As of July, 2009, TEAMS has five design studios on three continents. They have been ranked second by the International Forum Design , or 14th in an international...

 Shanghai

Shanghai

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 Co., Ltd. in Shanghai

Shanghai

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, China

China

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. He is best known for his award winning work for Siemens

Siemens

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, Spirella, and Bosch

Robert Bosch

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. Vollmer is co-founder of the Shanghai office with An Luo and has been instrumental in keeping many long term relationships alive with companies such as Bosch and Siemens.

History

Vollmer studied industrial design

Industrial design

Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...

 at the HfG Schwaebisch Gmuend in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

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, Germany. He designed for TEAMS Design GmbH in Esslingen for 3 years. He opened the Shanghai office together with An Luo in 2006. Today he continues to be actively contributing to the design culture

Culture

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at TEAMS. Vollmer is also regularly asked to contribute articles and lecture at neighboring universities in addition to writing articles.

Personal life

Vollmer currently lives in Shanghai with his wife, Vanessa and their children, Anita and Adrian. He actively participates with IDSA and with the local design community.

Design Awards

Vollmer has collected over 10 awards during his career with TEAMS. Here are some of the more recent awards:

2006
Red Dot

• Siemens Synco Living
• Silit ‘Tasty’

2007
Red Dot

• Bosch GSH 16
• Kaercher Vacuum cleaner

2008
iF China Award

• Intel Classmate PC

2009
Appliance Design Excellence in Design Award

• Intel Classmate PC

2010
Red Star Gold

• GSB 19

Red Star Originality

• Intel Classmate Tablet

Red Star Excellent:

• Bosch drill PC

iF China:

• Intel Classmate Tablet PC

Patents

• patents 1
• patents 2
• patents 3

External links

• TEAMS Design