A cross-disciplinary designer seeking for fresh ideas.
The three colourful dots simbolize my cross-disciplinary design approach and arise from the initial letters “i” and the umlaut “ü” of Irena Übler.
Linking profound knowledge in industrial design, enthusiasm for creativity and the fascination of developing a concept idea until a final result keeps me motivated every day in order to create unique design solutions. Within my working routine I follow a process-based design methodology, elaborate concepts through experimentation to understand the characteristics about materials and try to combine of both mixing analog and digital working methods.
Irena Übler is an independent product designer, maker and material researcher. Creating unique design solutions for products, raising awareness of sustainable materials, exploring urban territories and creative culture with design.
Since graduating in 2010 from the University of Applied Science FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria, with a degree of Industrial Design I have been working as an independent designer for various design studios as well as carrying on with my own work
I founded the label COMO – modular cork furniture and I am part of the Precious Plastic Portugal team, working as designer , maker and educational trainer – doing workshops worldwide on plastic recycling.
We won the New European Bauhaus Prize 2022 in the Category for “Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking” with the project REPLAY – creating a recycling system of kids toys.
My recent project PRIMA MATTERS is an experimental material laboratory focusing on transforming “waste” into new materials and product design – developed as part of the bid book application for the European Capital of Culture Aveiro 2027.
PRIMA was selected to be exhibited at Milan Design Week 2023, Porto Design Biennale 2023 and at Vienna Design Week 2024.
For any enquiries in the areas of industrial design, creative culture and design thinking please feel free to contact me.