Leif Thies

Department of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual Communication / Industrial Design

Industrial Design MFA. After graduating in 1995 from Konstfack Leif has been employed by manufacturing companies as well as Industrial Design Consultancies. Today he is active as Designer and Design Manager in his own consultancy Gestalt Industrial Design. Leif has experience from a variety of product areas, including train vehicles, consumer products, business to business products, and med-tech. Between 2003 and 2009, Leif worked as a senior lecturer in Industrial Design at Konstfack and was then responsible for courses such as presentation technology, market thinking and Design for Sustainable Development. Leif has regularly returned to Konstfack as a lecturer, guest critic and / or supervisor in various courses. He also works as a supervisor at the Royal Institute of Technology's master's program for Integrated Product Design.