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