Katrin Mueller-Russo

In 1997, Katrin founded Specific Objects Inc., an interdisciplinary, sustainability-oriented design practice in New York. Her design experience and collaboration with her partner Rhett Russo allow her to combine product design and architectural services as part of an integrated design approach. Her firm has designed a fair booth for Hamilton watches as part of the Swatch environment in Basel, Switzerland; and a series of commemorative objects for the MoMA store to sell in conjunction with the PS1 Young Architects Programme. Katrin is a Professor at Pratt Institute, and also teaches a Contemporary Furniture Design course at PennDesign. Her work as been exhibited internationally and her awards include the Ideas Competition Design Plus at the Frankfurt International Fair Ambiente for her hearing aid design. In 2007, her prototype for the design of the Flabella table was part of a furniture exhibition at Project 4 Gallery in Washington, DC. With her partner, she was chosen as a finalist for the Newark Visitors Center competition in 2009. Katrin is currently researching and prototyping textile-based applications for earthenware and furniture and was awarded a residency at the European Ceramic Workcentre (.ekwc) in the Netherlands in 2011.