Gerd Alfred Müller (1932 in

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— December 6, 1991) was a German

industrial designer Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactur ...

. Müller's notable works include products for

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and

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, Including Lamy's flagship product, the Lamy 2000.

Career

In 1952, Müller began attending the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden. In 1955, he started working at

, where he worked for 5 years before departing in 1960. In his time with Braun, Müller developed various appliances including razors, record players, and kitchen appliances. Some of his notable designs for Braun include the KM 32 kitchen machine, the SM3 razor, and the PC3 record player. After his departure from Braun in 1960, Müller began working as a freelance industrial and graphic designer. In this time, he would design many writing instruments for Lamy. This includes their now flagship pen, the Lamy 2000, which he designed in 1966. He also developed the CP1, Twin, ST, and Unic models for Lamy. Braun KM 3 Küchenmaschine mit Rührschüssel -.jpg, Braun KM 3 Braun Sixtant s.jpg, Braun SM 3 Lamy 2000 fountain pen-1.jpg, Lamy 2000

Awards

Industrie Forum Design Award for: * 1977 – Lamy Cp1 * 1978 – Lamy 2000 * 1982 – Lamy Marker Texto * 1985 – Lamy Unic * 1989 – Lamy Twin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Gerd 1932 births 1996 deaths German designers People from Frankfurt