Henk Kosche

1986 -1991
Study toward degree of design at the College of Art and Design/ Burg Giebichenstein/ Halle an der Saale

 

1991 -1993
Employment as designer at Siemens AG/ Munich

 

1993 - 2001
Employment as designer at ERCO Lighting Ltd.

 

2001 - 2004
Head of Advanced Design/ ERCO Lighting Ltd.


2004 - ......
Group Manager Concept and Design/ ERCO Ltd.

2004/2005
Visiting Professor, University of Fine Arts (HFBK) / Hamburg

 

2008/2009 + 2009/2010 + 2010/2011 + 2012/13
Visiting Professor, University of Applied Sciences / Mainz

 

2009 + 2013 + 2015
Artist in Residence, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music - Japan

 

2010
Solo exhibition, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - Japan

 

 

 


Bavarian National Prize for junior designers

1991


Acknowledgment: Braun Prize

1992


Acknowledgment: German Prize for Communication Design

1996


Winner, EKO Steel Design Competition

1996


Winner, Steel Innovation Prize

2000

 

Good Design Chicago

2005 + 2014 + 2022 Green Good Design


Finalist, Microsoft NextGen PC Competition

2006

 

Baden-Württemberg International Design Award

2006 + 2012 + 2016 Silver + 2012 Gold + 2018 Silver + 2022 Gold

 

Design Plus

2002 + 2004 + 2006 + 2008 + 2010 + 2014


Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany

2008 Silver

 

German Design Award

2012 Special Mention + 2014 Winner + 2016 Winner

+ Winner 2019

 

Iconic Design Award

2014 Winner + 2016 Best of Best + 2018 Winner

 

London Design Award

2014 Gold Winner

 

DDC German Designer Club

2015 Gold Product


IF Design Award

2003 + 2005 + 2014 + 2015 Gold + 2017 Gold