I believe in design that combines aesthetics, functionality and feasibility.
The success of any project always depends on the cooperation of the poeple involved. In addition to many years of experience out of over 500 worked on projects from very different areas of industrial design, I bring to a work-collaboration creativity, innovative ideas , teamwork, dedication and efficiency.
If you are looking for a creative partner to develop your project and find my profile interesting, then let me know.
I do:
I am German, coming from Neunkirchen / Saarland,
and I speak German, English,
Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish.
28 years of experience in industrial design
in Germany, Brazil and Spain
freelancing as industrial designer and Alias modeller
as birtel-ma.de
2013 until now
design-director of argumentodesign s.l.
2006 until 2013
lecturer at the design college "IED Madrid" und "IED Máster"
Madrid / Spain
2007 until 2010
studio manager at mormedi design
Madrid / Spain
2004 until 2006
freelancing as industrial designer in Germany and Brazil
2004
studio manager and partner at Indio da Costa Arquitectura e Design
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
1997 until 2003
junior industrial designer at Teams Design
Esslingen / Germany
1994 until 1997
junior industrial designer at Bitsch&Partner
Düsseldorf / Germany
1994
education in industrial design at art center college of design (europe)
Vevey / Switzerland
1990 until 1994
before that 6 years of experience as a cabinet maker
I have designed projects in the aera of
From 2006 until the market launch in 2011 argumentodesign worked together with Siemens Healthcare Spain in the design and mechanical development of the new wireless X-ray system of the product-family Mobilett. The new mobile unit ‘Mira’ has among various new features a rotating swivel arm and is sold woldwide.
ARGUMENTODESIGN 2006 / 2011
Pinzer is a security anchorage for fireman to provide a secure fixing to rope down themselves out of danger zones. The Project is a close co-production of the fireman Roberto Barambio and argumentodesign and was patented in 2006.
ARGUMENTODESIGN 2006 / 2010
argumentodesign designed and developed with Capotex the Tubbo, a system to cover conveyor lifts for Skiers. Since 2009 two prototypes have been installed in Panticosa (Aramón) and Sierra Nevada / Spain. In 2011 three more conveyor lifts have been covered in the skiresorts Formigal, Cerler and Valdelinares, all located in Aramón, province of Huesca / Spain.
TURBO 2009 / 2011
clients over the years:
awarded with
2 „Red dot awards“ in 2002 and 2005
„IF design award“ in 2002, 2004, 2005
„ECODESIGN-FIESP award“ Brazil in 2002/03 and 2003/04
awards of „Prêmio Design Museu da Casa Brasileira“
in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006
"Design award of the Federal Republic of Germany" in 2006
birtel-ma.de industrial design
Hans-Holbein-Straße 7
40699 Erkrath
NRW
Germany
telephone: +49 (0) 211 691 33 83
mobile: +49 (0) 162 482 12 18
contact@birtel-ma.de
executive Director:
Martin Birtel
Ust-ID.: DE296180262
concept and design: Ulrich Birtel / Martin Birtel
programming: Anja Braun Webdesign
copyright 2024 Martin Birtel
All rights reserved.
All texts, pictures, diagrams, tone, video, and animation files, as well as arrangements,
are subject to copyright and other laws protecting this intellectual property. They may not be copied, changed or used on other Websites without written permission of the authors. On this Internet site, names and logos for manufacturers and products are only used for identification and are the property of the respective manufacturers.
license rights
This web page does not grant any license rights for the author’s work.
non-liability
The data on this Website serves only for general information. We prepared and examined the Website carefully, however, this does not guarantee accuracy, or completeness, of the information provided. The contents of external Websites, which can be reached over hyperlinks through this Website or which refer to this Website, are considered to have unknown content. The unknown content is without our influence, and we cannot provide assurance for the information contained therein. It is permitted to view, copy, print and use the contained information only for personal
purposes. Any duplication or distribution of the data contained in this Website exceeding personal use, requires the previous agreement of the aforementioned responsible person. We take no responsibility for messages (E-mails), transferred over the Internet.
jurisdiction
Mettmann / Germany
data security
If the Internet offers the opportunity for submission of personal or business data, such as E-mail addresses, names or addresses, the individuals providing the information do so as a totally volunteer process.
data protection
Responsible person in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Martin Birtel birtel-ma.de
Hans-Holbein-Straße 7
40699 Erkrath
NRW
Germany
telephone: +49 (0) 211 691 33 83
contact@birtel-ma.de
Your user rights
You can always exercise the following rights under the contact details of our data protection officer:
- information about your stored data and their processing,
- correction of incorrect personal data,
- deletion of your stored data,
- restriction of data processing, if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
- objection to the processing of your data by us and
- Data portability, if you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us.
If you have given us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.
You can always contact the supervisory authority responsible for you with a complaint. Your responsible supervisory authority will depend on the state of your domicile, work or the alleged violation. A list of the regulators (for the non-public sector) with address you find under: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
purposes of data processing by the responsible body and third parties
We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this data protection policy. ( e.g. name, postal address, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers for quotation and upon successful commissioning for processing the order. For third-party services also tax ID and account information.) A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned does not take place. We only share your personal information with third parties if:
- you have given your express consent,
- processing is required to execute a contract with you,
- processing is required to fulfill a legal obligation,
processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your information.
deletion or blocking of data
We comply to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. Therefore, we only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned here or as provided for by the various storage periods provided for by law. After discontinuation of the respective purpose or expiration of these deadlines, the corresponding data will be routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions blocked or deleted.
change of our data protection policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to always comply with the latest legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy. e.g. when introducing new services. Your new visit of the website will be subject to the new privacy policy.
questions to the data protection responsable
If you have questions about privacy, please contact us by e-mail
The data protection policy has been created with the privacy statement generator of activeMind AG erstellt.