GF: Rudolf Alfred Scherf
scherfdesign was founded in 1996 in Cologne, Germany, starting out with digital footwear design. Today, its four employees' create products in areas ranging from lifestyle, sports and safety to automotives parts. Then as now, scherfdesign´s focus in the design and development process of products lies on function, innovation and aesthetics - without loosing sight of tradition nor the ecological and economic aspects.
Marketing and target group oriented design concepts are developed and realised in cooperation with clients, as well as with scherfdesign many years of experience in the fields of manufacturing and finishing techniques. Alongside many other projects, scherfdesign´s portfolio features digital product development with Alias-from the development stage of the design to the first visualisation of the models, produced with the in-house rapid prototyping machine, up to the fine-tuned tool data.
Accompanied by the in-house advertising and design agency ‘Kölledesign’ communication devices are developed in close syncronisation to the productdesign and marketing – from corporate design and print-, media-products, up to fair appearance.
2010 Lecture: Material brings products to life – Design in footwear – The development of Pure 1.0–1.2
On the occasion of the SKZ conference in Garmisch Partenkirchen and the DESMA HOUSE FAIR in Achim
2003 Lecture 3D development and Rapid Prototyping for the shoe industry during the footwear congress in Leon, Mexico
2002 Lecture 3D development and Rapid Prototyping for the shoe industry during the footwear congress in Budapest, Hungary
2002 Exhibition: Smart enviroment, designprocess und digital aesthetics, Designzon Looshaus, Vienna
2000 form 171: the making off: Digital product development in the shoe industry
