Lilli Seiler is a product designer with a focus on the development and design of functional everyday objects. Her work explores the interplay between objects, materials, use and context. It emerges from the exploration of existing situations and their potentials. After completing her studies in Industrial Design and Design Futures at Folkwang University of the Arts, she now works in research and teaching alongside her design practice.
‘For me, design is an engagement with the existing, through which new connections become visible and tangible. Examining properties, relationships and potentials, and subsequently connecting these observations, enables things to be viewed from new perspectives. The design process translates insights into objects that mediate between observation and application.’
08/2026 – present | Research Assistant in the Teaching Area “Subject-Specific Fundamentals” – Industrial Design: Form and Context | Folkwang University of the Arts
06/2026 – 08/2026 | Lecturer – Ceramic Workshop “Picnic without a Blanket” | in collaboration with Fabian Bastert and Moritz Gremm | Folkwang University of the Arts
09/2025 – present | Research Assistant – “Sustainability by Design” Project, Craft Lab | Folkwang University of the Arts
05/2025 – present | Lecturer – Workshop “Re: Form” | in collaboration with Fabian Bastert | Alfried Krupp Schülerlabor der Künste
01/2025 – 03/2025 | Student PR Assistant | Folkwang University of the Arts
07/2023 – 09/2024 | Student Researcher – “Sustainability by Design” Project | Folkwang University of the Arts
03/2023 – 11/2023 | Student Ambassador – Research Project “Design Future Embassies” | Folkwang University of the Arts
04/2023 – 04/2024 | Student Member of the Faculty Council | Folkwang University of the Arts
03/2023 – 09/2024 | Tutor – Fundamentals of Product Design | Folkwang University of the Arts
09/2021 – 02/2022 | Freelance Designer | Biped.ai
01/2021 – 01/2023 | 3D Visualiser | autosen GmbH
06/2018 (six weeks) | Internship – Metal Construction Murrenhoff
05/2018 (six weeks) | Internship – Joinery Kampmann
Lilli Seiler is a product designer with a focus on the development and design of functional everyday objects. Her work explores the interplay between objects, materials, use and context. It emerges from the exploration of existing situations and their potentials. After completing her studies in Industrial Design and Design Futures at Folkwang University of the Arts, she now works in research and teaching alongside her design practice.
‘For me, design is an engagement with the existing, through which new connections become visible and tangible. Examining properties, relationships and potentials, and subsequently connecting these observations, enables things to be viewed from new perspectives. The design process translates insights into objects that mediate between observation and application.’



08/2026 – present | Research Assistant in the Teaching Area “Subject-Specific Fundamentals” – Industrial Design: Form and Context | Folkwang University of the Arts
06/2026 – 08/2026 | Lecturer – Ceramic Workshop “Picnic without a Blanket” | in collaboration with Fabian Bastert and Moritz Gremm | Folkwang University of the Arts
09/2025 – present | Research Assistant – “Sustainability by Design” Project, Craft Lab | Folkwang University of the Arts
05/2025 – present | Lecturer – Workshop “Re: Form” | in collaboration with Fabian Bastert | Alfried Krupp Schülerlabor der Künste
01/2025 – 03/2025 | Student PR Assistant | Folkwang University of the Arts
07/2023 – 09/2024 | Student Researcher – “Sustainability by Design” Project | Folkwang University of the Arts
03/2023 – 11/2023 | Student Ambassador – Research Project “Design Future Embassies” | Folkwang University of the Arts
04/2023 – 04/2024 | Student Member of the Faculty Council | Folkwang University of the Arts
03/2023 – 09/2024 | Tutor – Fundamentals of Product Design | Folkwang University of the Arts
09/2021 – 02/2022 | Freelance Designer | Biped.ai
01/2021 – 01/2023 | 3D Visualiser | autosen GmbH
06/2018 (six weeks) | Internship – Metal Construction Murrenhoff
05/2018 (six weeks) | Internship – Joinery Kampmann