On Tuesday, November 17, 2026, designer Christoph Weisshaar will be a guest speaker at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. As part of the “Tender Sheet Metal” project, he will discuss his design practice and the intersection of traditional craftsmanship, contemporary design, and innovative manufacturing techniques.
The “Tender Sheet Metal” project, part of the Product Design program and supervised by Johannes Müller, Johannes Marmon, and Simon Gehring, explores the creative potential of laser-punching metals. The focus is on the possibilities this precise and flexible manufacturing process opens up beyond its traditional industrial applications. The technical properties of the process and the specific qualities of the material serve as the starting point for new design approaches.
The project seeks forms and objects that, with softer contours, surprising aesthetic qualities, and refined details, explore the material’s possibilities anew. Manufacturing technology and material are understood not merely as technical prerequisites, but as essential factors of design expression.
Christoph Weisshaar studied gold and silversmithing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. In 2007–08, he received a scholarship to study product design at the HfG Karlsruhe. Since 2009, he has been working in his own studio in Nuremberg. His works have received numerous awards and are included, among others, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
HfG Karlsruhe, Reling
