Benjamin Herman

The Danish Design School – Furniture and Spatial Design – 2009

Exam Project
The Stand

The Stand is a piece of furniture, which creates a space for work or rest - alone or with others. The object meets the body’s need for suitable circumstances, offering a multiple choice of heights.
It provides a space in the office generating more movement and the possibility of standing up, away from your desk.
The Stand also provides a space in more busy environments, such as schools, libraries, airports, shopping centres, post offices, etc. where one will use it according to the circumstances.
The prototype is made of Polyethylene plastic and treated Birch Plywood. The electric sockets, spotlights and top wire are prefabricated products.

Competences
Developing ideas into concepts
Developing concepts into products/objects

Tools
Research (history, society, environment, market, user, production, marketing)
Physical models, sketching and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)

Fields of Interest
Design solutions which focuses on sustainability and viability
Human behaviour, culture and history
Anatomy

Contact
Benjamin Herman
c/o Nguyen, Godsbanegade 24, 3.tv.
1722 Copenhagen V
M: + 45 22 80 83 60
E: hermanbenjamin@gmail.com
W: www.yellowismellow.com
E: mail@yellowismellow.com

CV

Education 
2003 – 2009: The Danish Design School - Furniture and Spatial Design
2002 – 2003: Sculpture, drawing and painting classes. Various casting techniques.
1998 – 2002: Qualified Cabinetmaker
1997 – 1998: School of Art, Craft and Design, Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm, Sweden   
            1997: Photography, video, architecture and printmaking at Kunsthøjskolen in Holbæk

Experience
2009: Establishing the company Yellow is Mellow
2000: IKEA’s workshop for model making (Älmhult, Sweden)

Exhibitions
2007: ‘Free Square’ Copenhagen International Furniture Fair
          Copenhagen Furniture Festival
          ‘Easychairs’, at Illums Bolighus in collaboration with Fritz Hansen and Kvadrat
2006: ‘Nordic Workshop’ Stockholm Furniture Fair
          ‘Sydform’, censored exhibition at the Form/Design Centre (Malmö, Sweden)
          ‘Free Square’ Copenhagen International Furniture Fair
2005: ‘Imprint’ The Danish Museum of Art and Design

Language
Danish, Swedish, English and Greek (German, French)