kathrin alischer
I am an industrial and spatial designer working in interdisciplinary contexts, leading creative design for brands focused on materials in interior architecture.
I interweave cultural material practices with sensory qualities. With a hands-on, strategic approach and close collaboration with workshops, I create artefacts that foster dialogue and drive design development.
contact me
mail@kathrinalischer.com
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@kathrinalischer
“Kathrin is a positive, forward thinking individual with a great knowledge of design field. She is driven to understand how people behave, what are their needs and how design solutions can challenge or make better life for them.”
Tiina Aarras, Colour and Material Designer in Residence, Sensorial and Experience Led Design Specialist.
01/2025 – ongoing
head of
creative design and brand development
05/2023 – 12/2024
manager
material exhibition & material database
10/2016 – 03/2023
diplom
industrial design
staatliche akademie der bildenden künste stuttgart
10/2018 – 04/2023
scholarship holder
deutschlandstipendium
ully & chris tine Wohlgemuth Stiftung
04/2022 – 10/2022
assistant artistic direction
artistic lead by chrissie muhr
10/2021 – 11/2021
student assistant
the laboratory symposium
material practices in the age of climate crisis
AA london visiting school stuttgart
01/2020 – 06/2020
01/2021 – 06/2021
exchange student
collaborative and industrial design
aalto university school of arts, design and architecture helsinki
06/09/2019 – 14/09/2019
student
‘the laboratory’ summer school
AA london visiting school stuttgart
2018
group project
competitionline campus award winner
creativeHacking aka interstellar
01/2018 – 07/2018
design working student
Mercedes-Benz AG
cam and rapid prototyping department sindelfingen, germany. technical moulding. strategic planning and development of a tactile display system, including variant relief modules printed with stratasys J750.
09/2016
product design intern
mutschler winkler design
active part of design drafts, concept development and customer meetings. preparation for my upcoming industrial design studies at the abk stuttgart.
09/2015 – 03/2016
model maker intern
monath + menzel berlin
in preparation for my industrial design studies at the abk stuttgart I worked in the modelling studio monath + menzel.
03/2017
05/2015 – 08/2015
statistician working student
nah.sh nvbw
statistical survey of traffic flows, volumes and structures in local transport in schleswig-holstein, germany (2017) and baden-württemberg, germany (2015).