10 Facts About Hartmut Esslinger

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Hartmut Esslinger was born on 5 June 1944 and is a German-American industrial designer and inventor.

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Hartmut Esslinger is best known for founding the design consultancy frog, and his work for Apple Computers in the early 1980s.

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At age 25, Hartmut Esslinger finished his studies at the Hochschule fur Gestaltung Schwabisch Gmund in Schwabisch Gmund.

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In 1974, Hartmut Esslinger was hired by Sony - Sony acquired Wega shortly after - and he was instrumental in creating a global design image for Sony, especially with the Sony Trinitron and personal music products.

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In December 1990 Hartmut Esslinger was featured on the cover of BusinessWeek, the only living designer thus honored since Raymond Loewy in 1934.

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The cover included the headline "Rebel with a cause," referencing his controversial personality and desire to be seen as a "non-conformist" within the field of design, as well as the movie Rebel Without a Cause, which Hartmut Esslinger has described as his first American movie and a cultural inspiration.

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Hartmut Esslinger is a founding Professor of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany, and since 2006 he is a Professor for convergent industrial design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria.

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In 1996, Hartmut Esslinger was awarded an honorary doctorate of Fine Arts by the Parsons School of Design, New York City.

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Since 2012 Hartmut Esslinger has served as a DeTao Master of Industrial Design with The Beijing DeTao Masters Academy in Shanghai, China.

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In 2009 Hartmut Esslinger published A Fine Line in which he explores business solutions that are environmentally sustainable and contribute to an enduring global economy.