TEAMS Design
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TEAMS Design is a multinational 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...

 firm headquartered in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 founded in 1956 by industrial designer Hans Erich Slany
Hans Erich Slany
Hans Erich Slany is a German designer that is considered by many to have been the first industrial designer to design plastic housings for power tools. Slany is also thought of as one of the icons of design in Germany...

. As of July, 2009, TEAMS has five design studios on three continents. They have been ranked second by the International Forum Design
International Forum Design
iF International Forum Design GmbH is a Hanover-based organization providing design-related services. International Forum Design was launched in 2001 as the operative business arm of design promotion company iF Industrie Forum Design Hannover e.V....

 (iF), or 14th in an international poll that includes corporations, communications, and other firms. As of June 2009, TEAMS has won 200 iF Product Design Award
IF product design award
The iF Product Design Award was introduced in 1954 and is annually conferred by the iF International Forum Design. Every year the iF attracts more than 2,000 product entries from around 37 nations, which are judged by renowned experts, with the best of them receiving an iF seal of outstanding...

s alone.

History

In 1956 Hans Erich Slany
Hans Erich Slany
Hans Erich Slany is a German designer that is considered by many to have been the first industrial designer to design plastic housings for power tools. Slany is also thought of as one of the icons of design in Germany...

 founded Slany Design in Esslingen, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. At this point he approached Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

 with his ideas for power tools housed in plastic
Plastic
A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce production costs...

s, a revolutionary idea that would make tools lighter, reducing the incidence of repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by...

 in workers. This idea also reduced the incidence of electric shocks to users. To train their engineers and commemorate a traveling European
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 exhibition called "Making Work Easier: Ergonomics
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities.The International Ergonomics Association defines ergonomics as follows:...

 for Power Tools", Bosch published a book based on Slany's recommendations: "The influence of Ergonomics on the Design of Power Tools". TEAMS still manages the visual brand language of Bosch Power Tools even today.

During this time, Slany was very active in the design community, forming the Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer
Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer
Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer e.V. or VDID is a professional organization for industrial designers based in Germany that was founded by 7 German designers in 1959...

 e.V. (VDID), with six other designers in 1959.

To secure new leadership for the firm's future after many decades, Slany sold some of his shares to designers Reinhard Renner and Klaus Schoen. The firm began to be known as SLANY DESIGN TEAMS with the intent of phasing out Slany's name upon his retirement. In 1996 when Slany stepped down, the name was officially changed to TEAMS Design GmbH.

In 1998, TEAMS Design began to expand internationally, founding their first branch in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 with Paul Hatch
Paul Hatch
Paul Hatch is a British industrial designer and is the founder / president of TEAMS Design USA, a product design consultancy. Since 1998, Hatch has been successfully establishing TEAMS Design USA as a local consultancy with a global outlook...

 as president. The second German branch in Hamburg was opened under the direction of by Ulrich Warth in 2002. Ulrich Schweig succeeded Warth in 2010. Further international expansion quickly followed as branches were established in Belgrade and Shanghai in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Zarko Bubalo heads the Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

 location, and Jonas Vollmer
Jonas Vollmer
Jonas Vollmer is a German industrial designer and is one of the key principles of TEAMS Design Shanghai Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. He is best known for his award winning work for Siemens, Spirella, and Bosch...

 and An Luo direct the Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 office. The firm currently employs over 90 employees across all five locations.

TEAMS Design GmbH is currently run by Reinhard Renner, Hans Peter Aglassinger
Hans Peter Aglassinger
Hans Peter Aglassinger is an Austrian industrial designer that is known for being one of the principles of TEAMS Design GmbH in Esslingen, Germany. He is best known for his award winning work for Robert Bosch GmbH...

, and Klaus Baumgartner. Aglassinger and Baumgartner took over Schoen’s shares in the firm upon his retirement in 2003.

Today

TEAMS Design continues to manage the visual language
Visual language
A visual language is a system of communication using visual elements. Speech as a means of communication cannot strictly be separated from the whole of human communicative activity which includes the visual and the term 'language' in relation to vision is an extension of its use to describe the...

 of brands
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...

 long term and be honored in the field of product design
Product design
-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...

 for brands such as Bosch, Kärcher
Kärcher
Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of cleaning systems and equipment, known for its high-pressure cleaners.- History :The inventor Alfred Kärcher from Baden-Württemberg founded the company in 1935. Initially Kärcher specialised in the design of industrial submersible heating...

 GmbH, Silit, Mr. Coffee
Mr. Coffee
Mr. Coffee is a registered trademark of Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions. The Mr. Coffee brand manufactures automatic-drip kitchen coffee machines as well as other products.-History:...

, Black & Decker
Black & Decker
Black & Decker Corporation is a corporation based in Towson, Maryland, United States, that designs and imports power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology based fastening systems...

 and Leifheit. TEAMS Design is also still actively involved with the VDID in Germany and the Industrial Designers Society of America
Industrial Designers Society of America
Industrial Designers Society of America is an organization of professional industrial designers primarily in the United States. Recently IDSA has started chapters in Canada and in China...

 (IDSA) in the US.

1990

Awarded Design Team of the year award by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...

 also known as the Red Dot Design Award
Red dot design award
The Red Dot Design Award is an international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. There are prize categories for product design, design agencies, and design concepts. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes with the winners...

 

1996

TEAMS / SLANY Design was ranked as the top design firm in Germany by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Red Dot Design Award) and second place worldwide

2000

Red Dot Design Award
Red dot design award
The Red Dot Design Award is an international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. There are prize categories for product design, design agencies, and design concepts. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes with the winners...

s
  • Silit Pressure Cooker and Spaetzle Grater
  • Still FM Reach Truck and SU 20 Stand On Pallet Truck
  • Robert Bosch GmbH GSB 22-2 RCE Professional Hammer Drill, GSB 3/28 E Professional Hammer Drill, and the PWS 6-115 Angle Grinder
  • Witte PROTOP Transverse Screwdriver

Good Design Chicago Anthenaeum Award
  • Karcher 270 Pressure Washer

iF Product Design Awards
  • Leitz Color Clip Binder
  • Leifheit Creative Line Cheese Mill Set
  • Karcher Full Line of Power Washers
  • Siemens
    Siemens
    Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

     Easy Control Climate Control Unit

Design of the Decade (IDSA / BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek
Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...

)
  • Karcher Full Line of Power Washers

I.D.
I.D. (magazine)
I.D. was a magazine covering the art, business and culture of design. It was published eight times a year by F+W Media....

Magazine
  • Siemens Easy Control Climate Control Unit

2001

iF Packaging Design Awards
  • Mini X-Line Power Tool Cassette by Robert Bosch GmbH
  • X-Line Range Power Tool Case by Robert Bosch GmbH

iF Product Design Awards
  • Karcher HDS 698 CSX Heated Pressure Washer
  • Robert Bosch GmbH AHS 7000 Professional Hedge Trimmer, ALM 28 Air Cushion Lawn Mower, and the ART 23 GFSV String Trimmer
  • Still EGU-S Low Lift Trucks
  • Weishaupt WG 5 Gas Burner

2002

IF Product Design Awards
  • Anders+Kern Astrolux SL Overhead Projector
  • Karcher 1801 BSX Steam Iron Station, 2701 TE Vacuum Cleaner, and the 5500 Carpet Cleaner
  • Weishaupt WTC-A Thermo Condens Hot Water Heater
  • Robert Bosch GmbH GBH 540 Hammer Drill and the AH40-24 Hedge Trimmer

2003

iF Product Design Awards
  • Leifheit Knife Series
  • Robert Bosch GmbH D-Tect 100 Universal Positioning Device and the GWS 14.4V Cordless Angle Grinder

Red Dot Design Awards
  • Silit-Werke GmbH Sicomatic-T Pressure Cooker
  • Robert Bosch GmbH GOF 2000 CE Professional Router

2004

iF Product Design Awards
  • BBT Geothermal Heat Pump
  • Karcher 7.85M Pressure Washer, HD 10/25s / HD 10/25SX Unheated Pressure Washers, and the Robocleaner RC3000 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, SC 1702 Steam Cleaner
  • Leifheit Tipp 361 Dustbin
  • Robert Bosch GmbH GEX 150 Turbo Professional Orbital Sander, GSB 20-2 RE Hammer Drill, and the IXO Cordless Compact Screwdriver, CS20 Circular Saw

Red Dot Design Awards
  • Silit-Werke GmbH Vision e30 Cookware
  • Robert Bosch GmbH DLE Connect 150 Laser Distance Measuring System

2005

Red Dot Design Award
  • Silit-Werke GmbH Non-stick Frying Pan

iF Product Design Award
  • EnBW Electric Meter

Good Design Chicago Anthenaeum Awards
  • Wolfcraft TS800 Collapsing Trolley
  • LR Nelson Costco 3 Piece Nozzle Set
  • Soehnle Cantilever Kitchen Scales

2006

Red Dot Design Award
  • Siemens Schweiz AG Syncho_living Home Automation System

iF Product Design Awards
  • BBT Logamax U052/U054 Calorific Gas Wall Boiler Series and the Volcano Click Gas Heater Series
  • Schüco Window Design Handle Line

Hamburger Design Preis
  • Still EXU Electric Low Lift Pallet Truck

2007

Red Dot Design Awards
  • Robert Bosch GmbH GWS 15-125 CITH Professional Angle Grinder, GSH 16-30 Professional Demolition Hammer, DLE 50 Professional Laser Rangefinder, and the GDR 10.8 V-LI Professional Cordless Impact Driver

iF Product Design Awards
  • Karcher GmbH VC 6350 Vacuum Cleaner
  • Weishaupt GmbH WM-G10 Gas Burner
  • STILL GmbH RX 20 Electric Forklift Truck, EXU Electric Low Lift Pallet Truck, CX 20 Low Level Order Picker, and the EXU-S Low-Lift Pallet Truck with Driver's Stand-On Platform

iF Package Design Awards
  • Robert Bosch GmbH Mini X-Line Power Tool Cassettes (update) and the X-Line Range of Power Tool Cases (update)

Deutscher Verpackungs Preis
  • Robert Bosch GmbH X-Line Range of Power Tool Cases

ISH Design Plus Award
  • Schüco Absorption Refrigerator

Design Preis Baden-Wurttemberg
  • Weishaupt GmbH WM-G10 Gas Burner
  • Wolfcraft Microfix XS Spring Clamp
  • Still MXX Narrow Forklift Combo
  • Karcher T 9/1 Bp Dry Vacuum, VC 6300 Vacuum Cleaner, and the V6350 Vacuum Cleaner

ADEX Awards
  • Gold Award to Mansfield Reo Bathroom Suites
  • Silver Award to Mansfield Essence Bathroom Suites

2008

Red Dot Design Honorable Mention
  • Silit-Werke GmbH Giro Teaspoon


Swiss Star Package Design Award
  • Robert Bosch GmbH Robust Line


Good Design Chicago Anthenaeum Award
  • Argus Kid's Cameras Bean and Sprout by Argus


iF Product Design Award
  • Rofin DQ x80S Diode Pumped Lasers
  • Karcher K 6.75 M High Pressure Cleaner Product Family


iF Product Design Award Nominee
  • Karcher K 6.75 M High Pressure Cleaner Product Family


iF China Ecology Award
  • Intel's Classroom Laptop


iF Packaging Design Awards
  • Robert Bosch GmbH X-Line Range Power Tool Accessory Cases and the Mini X-Line Power Tool Accessory Cassettes


Design Preis Baden-Wurttemberg Nominees
  • Karcher VC 6330 Vacuum Cleaner, VC 6350 Vacuum Cleaner, T9 / 1Bp Vacuum Cleaner
  • Still MXX Narrow Aisle Dual Purpose Forklift Combi-Truck
  • Wolcraft Microfix XS Magnetic Spring Clamp

2009

IHA Awards
  • Wusthof-Trident Precision Edge Electric Knife Sharpener
  • Smith's Edge Diamond Edge Electric Knife and Scissors Sharpener
  • Soehnle Slim FT5 Body Balance Scale by Leifheit

iF Design Awards China 2009
  • Spirella Etna Bath Collection
  • Siemens Climatix

iF Product Design Awards
  • Silit-Werke GmbH Competence Cookware Series, miniMAX Cookware series, and the GrateCut Grater and Shredder
  • EnBW Intelligent Electricity Meter

Appliance Design EID Awards
  • Bosch RS35 Reciprocating Saw
  • Intel Classmate PC
  • Argus
    Argus (camera company)
    Argus is an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation , founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which enjoyed a 27-year production...

     Bean Children's Digital Camera

Design Preis Baden-Wurttemberg Nominees
  • Karcher K6.75M High Pressure Cleaner and the KX.68M High Pressure Cleaner
  • Rofin DQ x80S Diode Pumped Solid State Laser

IDEA Bronze
  • Argus
    Argus (camera company)
    Argus is an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation , founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which enjoyed a 27-year production...

     Bean Children's Digital Camera

Biomaterial of the Year Innovation Award 2009
  • Staedtler
    Staedtler
    Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co. KG is a German fine writing instruments company and one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of writing, artist, and engineering drawing instruments. The firm was founded by J.S. Staedtler in 1835 and produces a large variety of writing instruments, including...

     WOPEX

Design Plus Awards
  • Staedtler WOPEX

Red Dot Design Awards
  • Bosch Uneo 3-in-1 Power Tool, DLE 50 Professional Laser Rangefinder, GTM 12 Combination Saw, and the GWS 22-180 LVI and 24-180 LVI Angle Grinders

Universal Design Awards
  • Silit-Werke Tempera Non-Stick Pan
  • Silit-Werke Moduline Cookware Series
  • Silit-Werke Torre Box Grater

Spark Award Bronze
  • Precise Path RG3 Mower

ADEX Platinum Award
  • Mansfield Enso Bathroom Suite

Good Design Chicago Anthenaeum Awards
  • Still RX70 Hybrid Forklift Truck
  • Precise Path Robotics RG3 Robotic Greens Mower
  • Robert Bosch Pneumatic Nailers, SPS10-2 Pocket Screwdriver,RS35 Demolition Reciprocating Saw

Green Dot Award
  • Still RX70 Hybrid Forklift Truck

2010

iF Product Design Awards
  • Robert Bosch AHS 54-20 LI Cordless Hedgecutter and ASB 10.8 LI Cordless Shrub and Grass Shear Set
  • FLUX-GERÄTE FEM 4070 Barrel Pump Motor
  • Silit-Werke Polar White Cookware Series

Red Dot Awards
  • Robert Bosch GTL 3 Professional Tile Laser Level, PFS 65 Fine Spray System, GTL 3 Professional Tile Laser Level, Isio 2 Shrub Shear

Red Star Design Awards
  • Gold - Robert Bosch GSB 19-2 Dual Torque Hammer Drill
  • Best Original - Intel
    Intel Corporation
    Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...

     Classmate PC
  • Excellent - Siemens RDG/RDF Thermostats,
  • Excellent - Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee is a registered trademark of Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions. The Mr. Coffee brand manufactures automatic-drip kitchen coffee machines as well as other products.-History:...

     Optimal Brew Thermal Coffeemaker,
  • Excellent - Robert Bosch GDR 10.8v Cordless Impact Driver

ID Magazine Annual Design Review
  • Design Distinction - Robert Bosch Full Force Pneumatic Nail Guns

Appliance Design EID Awards
  • Silver Award - Federal Signal Automated Parking Products Universal One & Universal PS
  • Silver Award - Robert Bosch Full Force Pneumatic Nail Guns
  • Bronze Award - Sunbeam
    Sunbeam Products
    Sunbeam Products is an American brand that has produced electric home appliances since 1910. Their products have included the Mixmaster mixer, the Sunbeam CG waffle iron, Coffeemaster and the fully automatic T20 toaster. Sunbeam is owned by Jarden Consumer Solutions after Jarden's acquisition in...

     Flat Panel Heater

2011

Appliance Design EID Awards
  • Silver Award Business Machine - HoMedics Inc. Black & Decker Hanging Crosscut 6-Sheet Paper Shredder
  • Silver Award Small Appliances - Robert Bosch Corp., 12" Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw
  • Silver Award Small Appliances - HoMedics Inc., Black & Decker iShred
  • Bronze Award Small Appliances - Jarden Consumer Solutions, Mr. Coffee Optimal Brew Thermal Coffeemaker

Spark Award Gold
  • STILL cubeXX Forklift

Published Material

  • Chan, Eric, (2010). "1000 Product Designs: Form, Function, and Technology from Around the World", Rockport Publishers, ISBN 978-1592536382
  • Zec, Prof. Peter, (2009). "Red Dot Design Yearbook 2009/2010", Avedition GmbH, ISBN 978-3899391060
  • Godau, Marion; Antonelli, Paola, (2007) Design Directory Germany, Universe, ISBN 978-0789303899
  • Zec, Prof. Peter (2007). "Red Dot Design Yearbook 2007/2008", Avedition GmbH, ISBN 978-3899390841
  • German Design Council, (2007). Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2007, Birkhäuser Basel, ISBN 978-3764380922
  • Hatch, Paul
    Paul Hatch
    Paul Hatch is a British industrial designer and is the founder / president of TEAMS Design USA, a product design consultancy. Since 1998, Hatch has been successfully establishing TEAMS Design USA as a local consultancy with a global outlook...

     (editor); McDonagh,Deana (editor); Balte, Tatyana (illustrator) (2006). REALIZE - Design Means Business, Industrial Designers Society of America; 1ST edition, ISBN 978-1427606082
  • McDonagh, Deana, (2005). IMPACT: The Synergy of Design, Technology, and Business, Industrial Designers Society of America
    Industrial Designers Society of America
    Industrial Designers Society of America is an organization of professional industrial designers primarily in the United States. Recently IDSA has started chapters in Canada and in China...

    ; 1ST edition, ISBN 978-0975274132
  • Fiell, Peter; Fiell, Charlotte; Krumhauer, Julia, (2003). Industrial Design A-Z, Tashen, ISBN 978-3822824269
  • Ogursky, Guenter; Stof, Gabrielle (editors) (Unknown). The Influence of Ergonomics on the Design of Power Tools, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
  • Zec, Prof. Peter, (1997). German Design Standards, Koln: DuMont, ISBN 9783770142903
  • Marquart, Christian, (1994). Industrial Culture - Industrial Design: A Piece of German Economic and Design History: The Founder Members of the Association of German Industrial, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-3433023433

See also

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