Christoph Hauf is a german product designer. He spent his youth in State College, Pensilvania, before he moved to Nuremberg and has currently settled in Karlsruhe near the black forest. After successfully pursuing his pre-diploma at the HfG Karlsruhe along with an internship at the label NEW TENDENCY in Berlin, he has further fostered his acquired skills by working as an assistant for the Bureau Kilian Schindler as well as pursuing independent projects for other clients. His focus lies on finding difference. Changing the question and not the answer.
Christoph Hauf
Mathystrasse 33
76133 Karlsruhe
ch@christophhauf.com
+49 (0) 176 311 617 90
SLANTED MIRROR is a mirror for corners. The placement focuses on a space which in the most cases only receives little consumer attention. The drawn out trapezoid shape allows flush contact with both walls and the floor while abandoning the concept of a frame. Its liberal use of space enables SLANTED MIRROR to be at home in any flat.
120x 60 x 20cm
different colors
Photography together
with Michelle Mantel
HOLLY is a wall mirror. Shelf, backplate and hood made of bent sheet metal, form a character whose shape derives from facial features. Cheeky and bold. Your mirrored image is being framed and narrated by HOLLY. Next to the first version in blue, white and orange, the second one consists of a high gloss polished backplate with powder coated shelf and hood.
60 x 90 x 9 cm
1. blue, white, orange
2. beige, polished metal
PALM is a free-standing shelf. Rods and beams span below the shelves to stabilize PALM without actually connecting. As long as the position of the four holes is set, the framework allows for the use of almost any sheet material whether it's wood, glass or stone. The prototype displays this concept in confronting different laminated materials on the faces and edges of the shelves. The second version is entirely made of solid oak.
170 x 185 x 37 cm
1. varying shelve surfaces
2. oak
Photography together
with Michelle Mantel
After the last soldier moved out in September 2012, as part of the restructuring of the US forces in Europe, the former Benjamin Franklin Village is now finding its new purpose in Mannheim. Remedies of the military village include a tank bunker, club, sports arena, supermarket and kindergarten, to name but a few. Taking the inspiring environment into consideration, a bar, tables, chairs, stools and blue benches were created using materials largely found on the areal. The café is meant to accommodate a museum located in the same house. Here clean wood surfaces are paired with rounded poles lively illustrating the color concept portrait by the original kindergarten. The project was implemented in cooperation with Anne-Sophie Oberkrome, Oliver-Selim Boualam, Lukas Marstaller and Lisa Ertel.
120 square meters