The Magazine of the German Design Council

Thomas Edelmann

Freelance journalist for design and design history

Thomas Edelmann was born in 1963 and lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. He is interested in the design aspects of mobility as well as historical topics and current developments in circular design. A career changer, he started writing about cars, graphic and product design. He is particularly interested in designers who work in more than one field. From 1996 to 2001 he was editor-in-chief of design report magazine, which was published until 2019. Today he teaches design theory and history at the AMD Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg.