Herstellungsprozess Crystals Baby Elisabeth Seidel

About the Studio

Elisabeth Seidel founded her design studio in 2024 with a clear purpose:  to create design that evokes joy and emotion. For her, design is a playful yet powerful medium capable of shaping atmospheres and transforming both people and places.

Guided by intuition and curiosity, Elisabeth works across materials and forms, exploring how the intangible can be translated into the tangible. At the heart of her practice lies a poetic sensitivity, expressed through material choices and formal language alike.

Scientific research often informs her projects, yet her process remains deeply hands-on. Design decisions emerge through experimentation, touch, failure, and iteration - an ongoing dialogue with the material. This intuitive and exploratory approach allows each project to evolve organically, grounded in both concept and making.

Designerin Elisabeth Seidel vor Kristallarbeiten

Exhibitions

Upcoming

9/06-12/06 3days of design, Copenhagen
17/09-20/09 GLUE Amsterdam
09/10-18/10 VENICE DESIGN WEEK, Venice

2026

Blickfang Design Trade Fair, Hamburg

"We Will Design - Hello Darkness", BASE Milano, Mailand

Material exhibition, MaterialDistrict, Utrecht

PASSAGEN, Siebter Himmel, Cologne

2025

CHRISTMAS POP UP, Nebn Gallery, Dusseldorf
PASSAGEN, Hallmackenreuther, Cologne

2024

PARCOURS, Köln International School of Design, Cologne

Scholarships and Awards

FUTURE FORWARD Award, Blickfang Interior Fair, 2026

CARTE BLANCHE for Passagen, Köln Business, 2026

Winner ARTE LAGUNA Special Prize Design, 2025

Isola Design Award, Category New Materials, Longlisted, 2025

EXIST*Women Startup Grant, TH Köln, 2025

Kickstart Prototype Funding, TH Köln, 2025

Designerin Elisabeth Seidel mit Kristallen
Crystals, Baby von Studio Elisabeth Seidel
Photo Credits:
Photo, Making-Of (top): Patrick Schwarz
Photo, Hallmackenreuther, (middle): David Nyeki
Photo, Lights, (bottom): Boris Leist