about

vita
Mathias Hoffmann was born in 1954 in Ulm/Donau, Germany. His first exposure to colour and design was at the textiles studio of his mother, Gertrud Hoffmann, who was a well known German textile designer. After graduating from college, Mathias worked as a freelance artist in Munich until 1971 when he started to work for Rolf Benz.
In 1980, after ten years as product manager with Rolf Benz, he set up his own design studio . While specialising in product design, Mathias also worked in the fields of retail store and international fair booth design, new product development and architectural design. Since 1984 Mathias lives in Tübingen, Germany. He is married to textile designer Ulrike Sárvári and has four children. In 2021 he started again as freelance Artist with his atelier in Tübingen.
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brands
Brown Jordan
Carmenes
de Sede
Gloster
HTL International
Knoll Waiblingen
Lloyd/Flanders
Maximillian
Natuzzi
Riva
Rolf Benz
Rösner Teppiche
Ruf Betten
Steybe
Tonon
WK Möbel
awards
Deutsche Auswahl
1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1993
Design Council New York
1985, 1989
Du Pont 1
986, 1987, 1991
Industrieform Essen
1988
Chicago Casual Furniture
Best of Category
Best of Show
2000
Best of Market Chicago
2006