Philippe Bietenholz

[PORTAL] – Alcova
Milan Design Week 2025

A live robotic printing installation in an abandoned Alcova factory. Over the course of one week, 10 production-ready chairs were 3D-printed on site using sustainable materials and large-scale fabrication. Created with designers from around the world, the collection demonstrated Decibel’s circular manufacturing approach, showing how global design and local production can come together in real time.

IFA fair 2025 – Elegoo Booth

Showcasing three furniture designs by Philippe Bietenholz, produced using Elegoo’s new large-scale 3D printer, the OrangeStorm Giga. The pieces demonstrated the machine’s capabilities, highlighting its potential to create creative, high-quality designs for contemporary living spaces.

Code & Crafts 2025 – London

“Encoded Bounce Chair” by Philippe Bietenholz & Georgios Goudelis is a collaborative reinterpretation of Philippe Bietenholz’s Bounce Chair for the Code & Craft exhibition held from 28–30 November 2025 at The Swiss Church in London, Covent Garden. Using computational design and large-scale robotic 3D printing, a data-driven surface texture intensifies the chair’s visual language while enhancing ergonomics, structure, and the dynamic balance between form, function, and interaction.

Interior Design Week 2025 Cologne

Philippe Bietenholz presented his avant-garde Bounce Chair at DT25, a joint exhibition featuring furniture and furnishings by 10 selected designers and studios. Held from 10 to 24 January in the heart of Cologne, the event took place in the historic Stoff Pavillon Moeller. The exhibition showcased over 60 pieces, representing a diverse range of design styles and professional stages—from emerging talents to established studios. The collection included prototypes, high-quality unique pieces, small-series works, and series products, highlighting varied materials, manufacturing techniques, and innovative design approaches.

Oasis Life Experience
Milan Design Week 2025

At Milan Design Week 2025, the Oasis Life Experience event on Piazza Città di Lombardia, part of Fuori Salone 2025, showcased numerous innovative furniture designs. This curated exhibition focused on sustainable living and advanced fabrication techniques, featuring cutting-edge pieces that explored new possibilities in material use and design. Among the highlights was Philippe Bietenholz’s Bounce Chair, produced using large-scale 3D printing technology.

Art Mile Rodenkirchen (Cologne)

Art exhibition by AC Events

Philippe Bietenholz presented his Bounce Chair at the annual Art Mile in Rodenkirchen, Cologne, where he also gave a lecture on 3D printing in furniture design.

„Flowing Metals“ Exhibition at museum of applied-arts in Berlin

The exhibition Metall im Fluss explores the softer side of traditional metal materials. Contemporary designs by design students in cast iron and bronze highlight the artistic possibilities of metal casting. These works engage in dialogue with historical pieces from the collection, creating new narratives between tradition and modernity. Design Lab #12 was developed through a collaboration between the Museum of Applied Arts and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, led by Claudia Banz, Wibke Bornkessel, and Hermann August Weizenegger.

„Shaped by Design“ – ID-exe
Milan Design Week 2024

During Design Week 2024, Philippe Bietenholz presented an interactive Augmented Reality animation in Milan’s city center, accessible via QR code on mobile phones. The AR experience featured the Ice Cube Chair, a design symbolizing the fleeting nature of consumer culture and its impact on climate change. Shaped like a melting ice cube, the chair highlights environmental urgency by drawing a powerful parallel to the melting polar ice caps.

„Design after“ – ID exe
Milan Design Week 2023

An augmented reality project merging physical and digital spaces through Instagram and Facebook AR filters. Thirty QR codes, called Pixels, link to artworks spread across the city, creating a limitless, boundary-free exhibition experience.

Philippe Bietenholz contributed several AR animations of his designs, including a large-scale plastic sculpture as an AR filter, critiquing environmental pollution.