Kai Linke
VITA
2009Setting up own studio
2008Freelancing at Studio Tomas Saraceno
2008Diploma at the Academy of Arts and Design, Offenbach/Germany, Department of Industrial Design
2006Internship at Studio Jurgen Bey, Rotterdam
2005Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
2002 - 08Academy of Art and Design Offenbach/Germany, Department of Industrial Design
2001 - 02Architectural studies at the University of Technology in Darmstadt/Germany
EXHIBITIONS
11.2011YDMI 
 HongKong

10.2011

Dead or Alive!?
 Basis e.V., Frankfurt
09.2011
Totem and Taboo
MuseumsQuartier, Wien
09.2011
Modern Wool
London, Berlin
07.2011
A grammar of the third person
Perla Moda, Zurich
06.2011
Interieurs du 20e siecle
Artcurial, Paris
06.2011
Fiftyeight 3D, Cannics Exhibiiton
saasfee* Pavillon, Frankfurt & Berlin
05.2011New Olds
Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv
04.2011Salone Satellite 14
Salone Internazionale del Mobile,Milan
01.2011TrendforumAmbiente, Frankfurt
   
11.2010Modern Design Auction
Pierre Berge & Associes, Brussels
11.2010Design Auction
Artcurial, Paris

10.2010

Design competition 2010 Interieur 2010 Design Biennale, Kortrijk
09.2010
Home Works
Mint, London Design Festival, London
08.2010Talents
Tendence Fair, Frankfurt
04.2010Design Deutschland 2010FuoriSalone Milan & ICFF New York
04.2010Young Designers
Light & Building Fair, Frankfurt
03.2010BlickfangBlickfang Design Fair, Stuttgart
01.2010[d3] professionals
imm cologne 2010, Cologne
   
09.2009Mint Escapes
Mint, London Design Festival, London
09.2009Li Edelkoort's 'wish list'
Pierre Berge & Associes, Brussels
07.2009Struwwelpeter's Descendants
German National Library, Frankfurt
07.2009Exhibition of Patamagazin
Milan
04.2009 EntrataliberaSalone di Mobile, Milan
01.2009[d3] design talents contestimm cologne 2009, Cologne
01.2009[d3] schoolimm cologne 2009, Cologne
   
05.2008The Great Game to ComeFrankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
   
10.2007Die Mitte ist da wo wir gerade sindKunstforum Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822, Frankfurt
12.2007hessendesignHessen Design e.V., Darmstadt
   
12.2006Junges Design HessenWiesbaden
08.2006HomemediaTendence Lifestyle Fair, Frankfurt
04.2006Junge Kunst mit ZukunftMAK Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt
01.2006Inspired by cologne 2006imm cologne 2006, Cologne
01.2006Saloon „StolenWood“Passagen Cologne / Stylepark, Cologne
   
11.2005DesignbrüsselAddict Design, Brussels
07.2005Saloon „StolenWood“Academy of Arts and Design, Offenbach
05.2005Designmai Youngsters 2005Berlin
04.2005Salone Internazionale del MobilePalazzo Trussardi Marino alla Scala, Milano
01.2005Inspired by cologne 2005imm cologne 2005, Cologne
   
10.2004Im DesignerparkDarmstadt
10.2004Leuchtedas möbel, Vienna
11.2004BlickfangMAK Museum of Applied Art, Vienna
10.2004designblokdesignblok, Prague
08.2004WerkstoffeKunstforum Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822, Frankfurt
AWARDS
08.2010
Design Award of the Federal Republic: Nominated as young emerging designers 2011
01.20101st price monument for Alois Senefelder Competition
08.2009Design Award of the Federal Republic: Nominated as young emerging designers 2010
06.2007special mention for the modular outdoor furniture system „Rasten“ at the competition for Frankfurts parks.
01.20072nd price with the wallpaper „morph“ at the competition „New Walls, Please“