(Photo: Tania Ost)
Annika Frye *1985, ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Fachbereich Produktgestaltung der HfG Offenbach, sie promoviert zum Thema »Improvisation im Design«, eine Forschungsarbeit zu den improvisatorischen Momenten im Gestaltungsprozess. Darüber hinaus untersucht sie – im Rahmen eines praktischen Projekts – die Improvisation bei der seriellen Produktion. Neben ihrem Promotionsprojekt arbeitet Annika Frye an Projekten im Bereich Möbeldesign, Accessoires und Table-Top.
Annika Frye hat an der Kunsthochschule Kassel Produktdesign studiert. Neben Arbeitsaufenthalten bei Richard Hutten in Rotterdam, bei Kiki van Eijk in Eindhoven (2009) und bei Tassilo von Grolman in Frankfurt (2007) war sie Mitbegründerin des studentischen Designbüros »Teilchenbeschleuniger«. Zudem war sie im Sommersemester 2010 Assistentin von Oliver Vogt.
Annika Frye *1985, is a german designer based in Offenbach (near Frankfurt). She is currently working on her PhD project at the school of Design Offenbach (HfG Offenbach). The thesis is a research about the intuitive parts of the design process: improvisation. It has a focus on design theory, but it also has a practical part, where Annika is working on improvisation in serial production processes. Annika works as research assistant of Prof. Martin Gessmann at the HfG. Besides this, she works on practical design projects (furniture and accessories) – the people she works with are different from project to project.
Annika Frye studied Product Design at the school of Arts and Design in Kassel. During her studies, she was co-founder of a student’s design studio – “Teilchenbeschleuniger” – which until now works for local clients in Kassel. Furthermore, she was teaching and assisting Prof. Oliver Vogt with the project “Korbkreislauf”, a project of students of the first year. Her graduation thesis was both a theoretical analysis of the field of improvisation in design processes and a practical experience. The graduation thesis was supervised by Prof. Oliver Vogt, Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes and Sandra Groll.
Annika also worked with dutch designers Richard Hutten and Kiki van Eijk in 2009 and with german designer Tassilo von Grolman in 2007. She exhibited her work in Milan, at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, at the Designmai in Berlin, in Istanbul, Cologne and in Frankfurt.
Exhibitions
2013
New Museum, Bowery, NY
»Adhocracy«
Improvisation Machine Video
and Rotational molded objects
(Experiments #1)
Milan Design Week,
MOST by Tom Dixon
Improvisation Machine
Sem Light,
Frozen Textile Table
IMM Cologne, D3 Schools
Improvisation and Rotation
Workshop with Kai Linke
2012
Adhocracy
Istanbul Design Biennial
Improvisation Machine
Res Publica/Res Privata
Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin
Improvisation Machine
selected Diploma 2010 – 2012
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Adhocker Collection and Adhocsita – Improvisation im Design
2011
DMY, “Liebling, lass uns nach Kassel gehen”
Berlin
adhocker collection
Imm Cologne, D3 Talents/Schools
Cologne
adhocker#2
2009
Imm Cologne, Designspotter Designtalents
Cologne
Platine
2008
Dutch Design Week, Talents at Designhuis
Eindhoven
Platine
Designmai Youngsters
Berlin
Platine, Teilchenbeschleuniger
Heimtextil, Nomination for Young Contract Creations Award
Frankfurt
Stülpsessel
2007
Tendence, Microarchitecture Lounge
Frankfurt
Stülpsessel
Designmai Youngsters
Berlin
Stülpomania
Salone Satellite
Milan
Stülpsessel
2006
Museumsnacht
Kassel
100 Euro Home
Designcity
Gelsenkirchen
100 Euro Home
Designmai
Berlin
100 Euro Home
… And regular participation at the annual exhibition
rundgang of the School of Arts and Design Kassel