Franziska Ruh is a product designer and Master’s student specializing on Glass and Ceramic at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Her work is centered on exploring the possibilities of glass through material research, combining perspectives from craft, industry, art, and design. Working with traditional techniques and methods from different disciplines, she reinterprets and adapts them to develop contemporary approaches to glassmaking and material-based experimentation.
Education and Training
- Productdesign, Bachelor of Arts, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim, 2020-2023.
- Semester abroad, Eugenius Geppert University, Glas Department, 2022/2023 Wroclaw.
- „Bärenglas – Quality Cast Glass Production“, Workshop assistant, 2024.
- Master’s degree Product Design/ Ceramics and Glass Design at Burg Giebichenstein Halle, 2025 until now.
Exhibitions
- Trade fair appearance at Salone del Mobile, Project: „A magic Touch in a magical World“, Work: Velum – The glass curtain, 2022, Milan.
- Exhibition „Sumsare“ Cast iron table, 2023 Wroclaw.
- Final thesis „Zweiklang“ cooperation with glass manufactory Harzkristall and scholarship from the Gerhard-Bürger-Foundation, 2023 Germany.
- Trade fair appearance at Ambiente Frankfurt, Project: „The Table is set!“, Work: Amica – Porcelain Tableware, 2025.
- THE VENICE GLASS WEEK HUB Under35, re:slump – From Surface to Volume, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, 2026.