STUDIO JULIA TIMMER

Born in Krefeld. First works at LA FENICE design studio in Krefeld, Düsseldorf and Riccione (IT) at the age of 12. Production of first brass jewelry collections. Commercial training and junior copywriter, GREY, Düsseldorf. Worked for international clients such as Procter & Gamble and GlaxoSmithKline.

Later studied at the Peter Behrens School of Art, Düsseldorf with Prof. Ton van der Laaken and at the Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld with Prof. Dr. Sigrun Prahl with a focus on experimental and social art. Stays abroad in the Netherlands, Italy and South Africa.

Lived 6 month isolated without device in a military fort catacomb in the Netherlands.

Today freelance and applied work. Cooperation and sponsored projects with EY Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseen Krefeld and BBK Niederrhein among others.

Teaches at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences and Aachen University of Applied Sciences.

Prizes I Awards
2025 Nominated for the German Design Award Newcomer
2022 Jury member DesignTalente NRW, West German Chamber of Crafts Düsseldorf
2022 Nomination for the German Design Award, NC
2020 Nomination for the German Design Award, NC
2019 Senate Prize of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Master’s thesis, “Regional reference”

Exhibitions I Publications (selection)

30/05/2026 „IT´S ME! SO WE“ Launch Edition for matchbox-africa, NRW, Kapstadt

2026 Studio „rhEYnland“, Social Object with EY Düsseldorf 2025 “SO! Tischtuch_Krefeld-50”, Museum House of Silk Culture, Krefeld
2024 “KÄTHE”, work scholarship of the BBK Niederrhein, Fabrik Heeder
2023 “Productive spaces” I Haus Lange, Haus Esters, Krefeld
2020 “100 years of Bauhaus” I Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
2017 “Heimat” exhibition I Lower Rhine open-air museum, Grefrath
2017 social design I Lecture, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld
2016 kunst.punkt I NRW state parliament, Düsseldorf
2005 “Josef and Teres” and “Shape of Silence” I Fort Pannerden, Netherlands
2003 “Exit” I Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf

Teaching
2024/26 Lecturer “Social Objects”, Aachen University of Applied Sciences
2019 /20 Lecturer “experimental design I design basics”
Department of Communication and Environment I Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences