Barbara Flügel
Barbara Flügel (born in Naila, Germany) is a contemporary German artist, designer and author who works in porcelain. She is the founder and has been the CEO of Barbara Flügel Porzellan since 1990
Life[edit]
Flügel was born in Naila. She studied design at the Johann Friedrich Böttger Institute in Selb, where in 1986 she founded Barbara Flügel Porzellan.
Her designs attracted attention from Villeroy & Boch, and she has since become an outside designer to the company. In parallel she continues to operate her own company offering limited edition porcelain articles.
Awards and notable achievements[edit]
Flügel has been recognized with numerous awards such as the Gold Medal from the Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (ZDH)[1] and a prize for design from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der bayerischen Handwerkskammern.[2]
She was chosen as the principal porcelain designer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.[citation needed]
Publications[edit]
- Porcelain decorations, Barbara Flügel, Frech-Verlag (Stuttgart), 1989, ISBN 3-7724-9977-5 (Translated from German)
References[edit]
- ^ "www.zdh.de > english". www.zdh.de. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Home". hwk-bayern.de.