Michael Hilgers

Michael Hilgers is a German furniture and interior designer who founded his design studio “Studio Michael Hilgers” in Berlin in 2001.

Always on the lookout for "the good idea"

Hilgers follows a minimalist design approach, where naturalness and function form the starting point.
His self-explanatory objects often open up unoccupied niches,
by connecting adaptively and symbiotically with their environment.

As a trained cabinetmaker and architect, his approaches and innovations arise primarily from the transitions between inside and outside, architecture and nature, and working and living.

I am convinced:

A product is all the better and more self-evident the fewer words are needed to describe the underlying idea.

Life's work

He developed, among other things, the label rephorm.de for urban balcony products and collaborates with international brands such as Purstahl and Müller Small Living. Key products include:

For Müller Furniture Workshops (Müller Small Living)

FLATMATE – ultra-flat wall-mounted secretary desk for small spaces

FLATFRAME – compact secretary desk in picture frame format

→ Icons of the “Small Living” principle – multiple international award winners

For Rephorm Design / rephormhaus

BLOOMBALL – round balcony pot for railings

ECKLING – Corner planter for space-saving planting

PLANTOWER – vertical planting system for small balconies

BALCONISMO – classic railing planter with modern function

→ Innovative solutions for “urban greenery” in the smallest of spaces

For Purstahl

KETT system – modular steel furniture and shelving system

TAB Addon / Clip – Extension and connection elements