Born and raised in Austria, Christoph recently graduated in interior design at Parsons School of Design, NYC. With a background in industrial design, Christoph earned his MSc degree with honors in 2010, including a student exchange term with The Academy of Fine Arts in Guangzhou, China. In 2010 he moved to Berlin and co-founded a design agency with a focus on product design, motion graphic and graphic design.
Gates Merkulova Architects, LLP, New York, NY, US, Interior Designer, Technical draftsman
University of Art and Design Linz, Linz, AT, Masters, Industrial Design
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, CN, Product Design
Exchange Studies
University of Art and Design Linz, Linz, AT, Bachelors, Industrial and Product Design
Golden Portfolio Award, Award
Golden Portfolio Award from School of Constructed Environments, Parsons the New School for Design, awarded to a student whose portfolio best represents innovation and experimentation
Red Dot Award, communication design, Award
Red Dot Award, communication design for “SCIONIC - Purpose-driven Gestalt. The End of Design?”
ECHOM design and development competition, 1st Place
1st Prize at ECHOM design and development competition, flat-TV project with 3G technology, ECHOM, GAFA - Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
In the course of a design and development competition, tendered by the company ECHOM, a completely new concept of a flat screen TV with 3G-technology was designed and realized. CRYSTAL came off as winner of this competition and represents a flat screen TV extended with an audio-visual feature, which is eye-minded conveyed through his crystalline shape.
