
ABOUT
Mareen Baumeister is a multidisciplinary designer working at the intersection of ecology and technology with a focus on researching materials and their manufacturing processes. She investigates the network of ecological, historical, political and social forces that shape the material world, deals with waste management and the development of alternative strategies. For this purpose, she questions and reflects on behaviors, develops not only new sustainable materials, but also (digital) production methods in order to open up perspectives for the future.
Mareen first completed her bachelor’s degree in interior architecture at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Detmold before completing a master’s degree in product design at the Weißensee Academy of Art and Design in Berlin. Her projects have won several international awards and have been shown in numerous exhibitions.
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Awards
Scholarship Kickstart@FH by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Frumo | 2022
Green Concept Award | Nominee | Frumo | 2023
Creative Conscience Award | Winner | Frumo | 2023
Creative Conscience Award | Winner | Quantum | 2023
WAS IST GUT | Winner | Frumo | 2023
Bundespreis Ecodesign | Shortlist | Frumo | 2023
Architecture Masterprize | Discovery of the Year | Frumo | 2023
Isola Design Awards | Nominee | Frumo | 2023
BIG SEE Product Design Award | Nominee | Root | 2024
Mart Stam Prize | Winner | FLOCK | 2024
Recycling Design Prize | Winner | Frumo | 2024
Elsa Neumann Scholarship | FLOCK | 2025
Hessian State Prize for German Arts and Crafts | Nominee | FLOCK | 2025
Green Concept Award | Finalist | FLOCK | 2025
Exhibitions
Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven | 2022 | Frumo
Greener Manufacturing Show | Cologne | 2022 | Frumo
Material District | Utrecht | 2023 | Frumo
Dutch Innovation Days | Enschede | 2023 | Frumo
Interzum | Cologne | 2023 | Frumo
Museum Baruther Glashütte | Baruth | 2023 | Quantum
Grassimesse | Leipzig | 2023 | Quantum
Zeughausmesse | Berlin | 2023 | Quantum
Kreativwirtschaftstag | Frankfurt | 2024 | Frumo
Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven | 2024 | Flock
Marta | Herford | 2024 | Frumo
Material District | Utrecht | 2025 | Frumo
Ambiente | Frankfurt | 2025 | Flock
Galerie Nord – Kunstverein Tiergarten | Berlin | 2025 | Frumo
Interzum | Cologne | 2025 | Flock
Building Perspectives | 2025 | Flock & Frumo
Galerie Pankow | Berlin | 2025 | Flock
Das Neue Museum – Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design | Nürnberg | 2025 | Frumo
Publications
52 Grad No. 15 | 2023
Green Trend Book No. 10 | 2023
Isola Design Journal | 2023
AMP Book | 2023
WAS IST GUT Book | 2024
Francq Colors Trend Report Spring/Summer 25
Recycling Design Prize Book | 2024
Maison Marie Claire Korea | 2025
MIX Magazine No.78 | 2025
Teaching
Seminar | Computer Aided Architectual Design | 2019 – 2021 | Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Seminar | Digital Methods in Interior Architecture | 2021 – 2022 | Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts