Collection: Jan Armgardt

Jan Armgardt (Celle / Germany, 1947) Designer, studied Carpentry and Interior Design. He opened his own design studio in 1974 in Schondorf am Ammersee, the Jan Armgardt Design-Furniture and Conceptual Design Agency. However, since 1967 he had founded some small companies to sell his own products directly (Beedesign, Workshopdesign, Armgardt Knocked Down Furniture). Winner of more than 40 international design awards for his projects, his activity is focused on research and development of design for the furniture industry, using cardboards, paper, and recycled materials. He is also active in academia. From 2011 he has been a Mentor at the Indonesian Ministry of Industry and Trade to help develop furniture innovation centers (such as the Innovation Centre Luchtenfels in Germany). Since 2013 he has promoted the development of Indonesian vines with the PUPUK Association for Advancement of Small Business.