Wortmann, Constantin

Constantin Wortmann studied industrial design in Hamburg and Munich. In the second year he worked first as an intern then as a freelance designer in the team of lighting maestro Ingo Maurer. In 1998, still being a student he co-founded the design studio BĂĽro fĂĽr Form together with Benjamin Hopf.

In 2000 BĂĽro fĂĽr Form had its debut in Milan on Salone Satellite and started cooperations with habitat and serien. In the coming couple of years Wortmann and Hopf kept on doing prototypes and showing designs in Milan and Cologne. The result were projects for VIBIA, Next, Modoluce and Kundalini. In 2004 BFF started to collaborate with OSRAM, working on future concepts with new lighting technologies (Planon, LED, Oled).

While Benjamin Hopf dropped out of the studio and has been going new ways since 2006, Constantin Wortmann started to work on lighting for crazy brand DARK and is once more toying with the viewing habits of his audience.

"Products need more then perfect function and ergonomics, they need some poetry!"