Stephan Niehaus

Stephan Niehaus, born near Osnabrück, Germany, in 1968, studied product design at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1993 to 1997 after working as a tech­nical draughtsman. During his subse­quent engage­ment at Busse Design Ulm, he came into contact with the Liecht­en­stein company Hilti. At Proform Design he designed numerous prod­ucts and studies for Hilti, which won many awards.

After becoming Head of Product Design at Kiska Stephan Niehaus moved to the Hilti Group in 2003 to define the design of a holistic, strate­gi­cally oriented brand design. The Hilti design team managed by him was awarded with the “red dot: design team of the year” prize in 2010.

From 1996 to 2003, Niehaus designed prod­ucts for Hilti, Zeiss, Bosch-Rexroth, Kärcher, Metabo, Rössle, WMF and Kiddy. At Hilti, as Head of Corpo­rate Product Design, he is respon­sible for the internal, global design team as well as for the design quality and consis­tency of all prod­ucts, their ergonomics and pack­aging.

In addi­tion, Niehaus lectures on the subject of design in various commit­tees and has been a juror in design compe­ti­tions such as the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, the iF Design Award and the Bavarian State Prize for Young Designers.