Hans Erich Slany

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Hans Erich Slany (26 October 1926 – 22 September 2013)

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID).[4]

Early years

Slany was born in 1926 in

Mercedes-Benz 300SL. He also collaborated with Heinrich Loffelhardt on the Ikonette Compact Camera for Zeiss-Ikon.[8]

Slany Design

In 1956 Hans Erich Slany founded his own design consultancy called SLANY Design. Soon after the founding, he approached

Robert Bosch GmbH even went on to publish a book called “The Influence of Ergonomics on the Design of Power Tools” [10] based on Slany’s recommendations to share with all their engineers and to follow up a traveling exhibition (Europe only) they sponsored called, “Making work easier: Ergonomics for power tools”. He believed that the designer should be the advocate of the user of the equipment they are called upon to design.[11]

Slany was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Berlin University of the Arts[12] in 1985. He also founded the industrial design program at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart[13] which was the first intensive ID program in Germany.

Slany desired to infuse the company with a strong team based mentality. He said, "Früher arbeiteten Gestalter oft isoliert und mit künsterlischen Gestaltungskriterien, beeinflußt durch unterschiedliche kulturelle Anschauungsterndenzen. Der Industriedesigner heute arbeitet systematisch. Er analysiert, vergleicht, prüft und gestaltet erst dann... Ein kreatives, lebendiges Designteam bringt die besten Voraussetzunge für innovative Anregungen, die in den bereichsübergreifenden Entscheidungsprozeß einfließen." or translated into English, "Formerly designers often worked in isolation and with artificial design criteria, influenced by different cultural views and tendencies. Today's industrial designers work systematically. They analyze, compare, examine, and design only after that... A creative lively design team provides the best conditions for innovative stimuli that flow into the overall decision-making process."[14]

Professional community involvement – VDID

Slany along with six other professional industrial designers that later were referred to in

public. Around that same time they joined the ICSID as a full member. VDID also works closely with the German Fashion and Textile Design Association (VDMD)[18] under the umbrella of the German Designer Association (DDV).[19]

Later years – TEAMS Design

As Slany Design grew, Slany realized that the firm would have to evolve. He sold part of his shares in the company to two of his managers, Reinhard Renner and Klaus Schoen and changed the firm's name to Slany Design TEAMS. Finally when he retired in 1996, he was awarded the highest honor in Germany for lifetime service, the

Bundesverdienstkreuz[20] by then Federal President Roman Herzog.[21] In accordance to Slany's ten-year plan, Renner and Schoen then removed Slany's name from the company name leaving simply TEAMS Design GmbH. A lot of Slany's founding philosophies are at the heart of the firm today, now expanding across 4 countries (Germany, Serbia, United States and China) with 5 offices in Esslingen, Hamburg, Belgrade, Chicago, and Shanghai. TEAMS Design continues to win awards and lead in the field of design while maintaining some of Slany’s original clients like Robert Bosch GmbH, Karcher GmbH,[22] Silit,[23] and Leifheit.[24]

Awards and distinctions

1973-78 Awarded “Gute Form” awards also known as the German Design Award
1985 Honorary doctorate by the Berlin University of the Arts
1986 Became the Academic Director and a professor at the newly founded industrial design program for the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. Founded the first study program leading to the degree, "Dipl. - Ingeniuerdesigner" in Germany (Diploma Designer)
1990 Awarded Design Team of the year award by Design Zentrum

Red Dot Design Award

1996 TEAMS / SLANY Design was ranked as the top design firm in Germany by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Red Dot Design Award) and second place worldwide
1996 Received highest order award in Germany, the
Bundesverdienstkreuz
for lifetime service.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Traueranzeigen von Hans Erich Slany | stuttgart-gedenkt.de". www.stuttgart-gedenkt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
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  3. ^ Verband Deutscher Industrie Designe e.V. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "icsid.org". icsid.org. 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  5. ^ Hochschule Esslingen, University of Applied Sciences
  6. ^ "ritter-aluminium.de". www.ritter-aluminium.de. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  7. ^ "Information on Daimler AG". info.daimler.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  8. ISBN 978-3-8228-6310-7
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  9. ^ "Robert Bosch GmbH". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  10. ^ Ogursky, Gunter; Stof, Gabriele. The Influence of Ergonomics on the Design of Power Tools. Germany: Robert Bosch GmbH.
  11. ISBN 978-3-433-02343-3
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  12. ^ Berlin University of the Arts
  13. ^ Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ISBN 978-3-433-02343-3
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  15. ^ Han-Theo Baumann Biography on Ketterer Kunst
  16. ^ Baumann Biography on Art Director Design
  17. ^ "Herbert Hirche works". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  18. ^ VDMD Site
  19. ^ DDV Site Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Definition of award (in German)". Archived from the original on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  21. ^ "Biography on Roman Herzog". Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  22. ^ "Karcher Corporate Site". Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  23. ^ "Silit Corporate Site". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  24. ^ Leifheit Corporate Site

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