"DIE GESTALTENDE GESELLSCHAFT" Support Association
The association regularly provides updates in its newsletter, ‘update’, on the initiatives and activities it supports. All BA graduates of the degree programme are offered a one-year, free trial membership of the association.
Only members of the association may take part in the activities, trips and funding schemes.
The Friends’ Association holds an annual general meeting, at which members and guests can contribute their suggestions and ideas.
The Friends’ Association is linked to the DDC Deutscher Design Club and Hessen-Design through reciprocal membership arrangements.
Executive Committee:
Prof. Jacqueline Hen (President)
Prof. Jörg Waldschütz (Vice-President)
Susanne Krone-Suhr (Treasurer)
Dipl.-Des. Laurenz Nielbock
Lars Aulbach
Our Topics
During each week-long trip, we engage with creative professionals from other countries and cultural sectors, gain an insight into their ways of thinking and working, and also take part in other local events, exhibitions and activities.
The trip is organised by the Friends’ Association; participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs.
Previous destinations:
• 2015 Valencia
• 2017 Tallinn (Design Nights) & Helsinki
• 2019 Lisbon
• 2022 Brittany*
All students may submit work to competitions, but must first submit a cost proposal. If work submitted by association members is successful and receives an award, a request for reimbursement may be applied for. The board will then decide on the specific amount of the reimbursement. This policy also applies to special projects or other study-related activities (exhibitions, productions, etc.).
All members of the Friends’ Association receive information four times a year via our *update* about everything happening within the association, including which excursions or student projects have been supported or initiated by members of the association. In addition, the Executive Committee’s annual activity report, presented at the general meeting, provides an overview of all the association’s achievements and activities.
contact: gregorkrisztian(at)icloud.com
Friends of the School Association Members
Michael Apitz / Schlangenbad
Romana Arragone / Wiesbaden
Charline Baum
Bianca Becker / Hamburg
HP Becker, New Cat Orange / Wiesbaden
Björn Behrendt, Heiteres Himmelblau / Wiesbaden
Prof. Christine Bernhardt, HSRM / Nierstein
Sabine Besjaew / Wiesbaden
Deborah Beuerle / Wiesbaden
Nils Bilse
Holger Blockhaus / Wiesbaden
Marco Bölling, Bölling Offizin / Bad Soden
Philipp Böttcher, Haus am See / Mörfelden
Marius Brandt, KD
Dirk Brömmel, Brömmel + Brömmel / Wiesbaden
Jana Brömmel, Brömmel + Brömmel / Wiesbaden
Bea Bug, Integreate / Wiesbaden
Rui Camilo / Wiesbaden
Stanislaw Chomicki / Hainburg
Thilo von Debschitz, Q / Wiesbaden
Friedrich Detering, Flächenbrand / Wiesbaden
Deutscher Design Club, DDC / Frankfurt
Kirsten Düllmann / Wiesbaden
Klaus Eckert, site-works / Frankfurt
Michael Eibes, Michael Eibes Design / Wiesbaden
Prof. Taner Ercan, HSRM / Frankfurt
Sophia Erlikhman, KD
Thomas Fischer-Stumm, Kniffdesign / Ravensburg
Suzanne Förch / Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Freitag-Schubert / Friedberg
Moritz Gemmerich, New Office / Frankfurt
Norbert Gilles, giinco / Wiesbaden
Tanja Gleiser
Niko Gültig, Crossmark / Bad Nauheim
Nadine Häfner, Designgruppe merkwürdig/ Paris
Hansi Helle / Kelkheim
Prof. Jacqueline Hen, HSRM / Köln
Hessen Design / Darmstadt
Christian Jakob / Wiesbaden
Eva Jahnen / Wiesbaden
Simone Jantz, Ponderosa / Wiesbaden
Petra Hain-Dietlein, Park 13 / Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Florian Heine, 3st Kommunikation / Mainz
Katja Kaufmann / Wiesbaden
Björn Koop, Mitsubishi / Tokio
Svenja Krämer / Hamburg
Christian Kriegsheim / Köln
Steffen Kraft, Iconeo / Wiesbaden
Prof. Gregor Krisztian / Darmstadt
Helen Krisztian / Mainz
Prof. Volker Liesfeld / Hofheim a. T.
Thommy Mallmann / Königswinter
Frauke Menger, Sandart / Aßling
Frederik Merkel
Manuel Molinari / Berlin
Nina Müller / München
Prof. Börries Müller-Büsching, HSRM / Hamburg
Prof. Stephan Nau / Wiesbaden
Prof. Stephanie Neukirchen / Rostock
Ursula Neumann, HSRM / Wiesbaden
Laurenz Nielbock, Q GmbH / Wiesbaden
Manfred Offermann / Darmstadt
Laura Padgett / Frankfurt
Michael Panzer, Caruna Druck / Amorbach
Prof. Sebastian Pedersen, HSRM / Wiesbaden
Prof. Sandro Pezzella / Hamburg
Prof. Rüdiger Pichler, HSRM / Wiesbaden
Kristina Julia Richter / Wiesbaden
Dagmar Rittner / Schlangenbad
Prof. Dr. Boris Röhrl, HSRM / Passau
Carlo Scherer / Berlin
Manuel Scherer
Prof. Betty Schimmelpfennig, HSRM / Köln
Harry Seifert, artfatale / Wiesbaden
Prof. Holger Schmidhuber, Fuenfwerken AG / Wiesbaden
Franziska Scholz / Mainz
Lisa Schulze Oechtering, Feine Werbung / Frankfurt
Josephine Schwab / Hamburg
Kai Staudacher, Designgruppe Merkwürdig / Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Theo Steiner, HSRM / Wiesbaden
Michael Volkmer, Scholz + Volkmer / Wiesbaden
Diane Tesic / Geisenheim
Prof. Jörg Waldschütz, HSRM / Wiesbaden
Christian Weber, Gegenstrich / Mainz
Paul Würschmidt, Art Consultant / Kronberg
Cornelia Zimmer-Meyer / Bad Nauheim