Burkhard Vogtherr
Burkhard Vogtherr is one of the leading furniture designers in Germany. He consciously restricts himself to this profession and dedicates all of his thoughts and ideas to it.
Burkhard Vogtherr (*1942) is a trained cabinetmaker and studied Industrial Design in Kassel and Wuppertal (graduated 1967). Since 1972 he has worked as a freelance designer. He has done work for PHILIP Möbelmanufaktur since 1971, creating furniture ranges such as »Hombre«, »Consenza« and – together with Markus Dörner – »maxmax«.
His international customers include: Arflex – Italy, Bushi Urushi – Japan, Cappellini – Italy, Davis Furniture Inc – USA, Dietiker – Switzerland, Fritz Hansen – Denmark, Wittmann – Austria, Lübke, Stilwood, Rosenthal
Awards:
Federal Award »Good Design« 1969
Furniture of the Year »Schöner Wohnen« 1986
Several times »German Selection LGA Stuttgart«
Several times »Good Industrial Design«
Several times »Industrial Design Essen«
Several times »Best of Neocon«, USA
Several times »IBD«, USA
Several times »Roscoe«, USA
Danish Design Award, Denmark 1997
International G-Mark Prize, Japan 1997
