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Christoph Behling is a product designer and the founder of Christoph Behling Design, a London-based product design studio established in 2004. Behling is also the founding director of SolarLab Research & Design, a solar-powered transport and architecture company.
Behling was born in 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Germany.[1] He completed a diploma in Industrial Design in 1995 at the Art Academy in Stuttgart.[2]
Behling started his career with design practices in Tokyo and London. In 2004, he founded both Christoph Behling Design and SolarLab Research & Design. He was a teacher of the Design Products course at the Royal College of Art from 2005 to 2009 and is the curator of the annual Sustain Exhibition at the RCA.[3]
In 2006, Behling launched Serpentine SolarShuttle, a solar-powered boat that can feed unused electricity back into the national grid. The boat won several design awards.[4][1]
Behling has also worked as a product designer for companies communication technology, fashion, luxury goods, watches, water sanitation and transport. He has been the lead designer for TAG Heuer since 2004.[5][6]
Since 2007, Behling has also worked as the creative director of the Atelier Group, a Paris-based mobile telecommunications communications company. He has collaborated with Geberit, a European sanitary manufacturer, to reduce water consumption in homes.[citation needed]
- 2000 World Expo, Hanover, Germany and Lisbon, Portugal
- 2002 The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
- 2006 The Science Museum, London
- 2006 Royal College of Art, London
- 2007 So Watt! Exhibition: Du Design dans l’Energie, Paris
- 2008 Design of the Year, Design Museum, London
- 2009 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- 2009 L'Objet du Design, Saint Etienne
- 2010 Sustainable Futures, Design Museum, London
Product Design
- 2011 Salon International de Alta Relojeria (SIAR)(Best Concept Watch AG Heuer Mikrotimer Flying 1000)
- 2011 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (Best Sports Watch TAG Heuer Mikrotimer Flying 1000)[permanent dead link]
- 2010 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (La Petite Aiguille TAG Heuer 1887 Chronograph)
- 2009 Red Dot Award Grand Carrera Calibre 36 RS Caliper Chronograph)
- 2009 Red Dot Award (TAG Heuer Aquaracer 500M Calibre 5
- 2009 Australian International Design Award(TAG Heuer Meridiist mobile phone)
- 2009 Fortune Design Award, China (TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36RS Caliper Chronograph)
- 2008 Salon International de Alta Relojeria (SIAR)(Best Chronograph of the Year Grand Carrera Calibre 36RS Caliper Chronograph)
- 2008 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (Ultimate Sports Inspired Timepiece TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36RS Caliper Chronograph)
- 2007 iF Design Award TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 360 LS Concept Chronograph)
- 2006 Red Dot Award (TAG Heuer Calibre 360 Concept)
- 2006 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (Best Sports Watch TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 360)
- 2006 iF Design Award (TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch designed in collaboration with Tiger Woods)
- 2005 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (Best Ladies Watch TAG Heuer Diamond Fiction)
- 2005 Red Dot Award (TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Concept)
- 2005 Wallpaper Design Award (Best Watch TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Concept)
SolarLab Research + Design
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