FOTO: ROBERT GRISCHEK
TINA GLAGE LOVES PRODUCTS. ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS. SHE ALSO LOVES DESIGN. PARTICULARLY DESIGN THAT SATISFIES BOTH AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. FOR HER IT’S NOT CRUCIAL WHAT THE PRODUCT IS. IT’S MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE FOR HER. A CARPENTER BY TRADE, TINA GLAGE BEGAN TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT CAREER OUT OF HER PASSION FOR DESIGN DURING HER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDIES AT MUTHESIUS UNIVERSITY IN KIEL. PRIOR TO THIS, SHE ENHANCED HER EXPERTISE THROUGH VARIOUS TRAINEESHIPS AT IDEO IN BOSTON AND THEREFORE LTD IN LONDON, AMONG OTHERS. NOT ONLY IS TINA GLAGE ABLE TO COUNT A LIST OF RENOWNED CUSTOMERS AMONG HER REFERENCES, INCLUDING LUFTHANSA, LUFTHANSA TECHNIK, SIEMENS AND T-MOBILE – HER MULTIPLE PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARDS ALSO ATTEST TO HER HIGH STANDARDS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT SHE UNDERTAKES. IN ADDITION TO HER DESIGN ACTIVITIES, TINA GLAGE WAS TEACHING AS A GUEST PROFESSOR IN INTEGRATED DESIGN AT THE HOCHSCHULE FÜR KÜNSTE IN BREMEN FROM 2017 – 2019.
HER OFFICE IN HAMBURG EPPENDORF IMPRESSES WITH ITS CLASSIC INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS TO PIECES OF FURNITURE THROUGH TO DESIGN MANAGEMENT IN EQUAL MEASURE. AS MUCH AS THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS MAY DIFFER, THEY ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: THE ASPIRATION TO MAKE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY OUT OF THE ORDINARY.