lars contzen
1970 born in Frankfurt/Main
1989 - 1994 fine art studies.
Inspired by a stay in New York large-sized wall paintings are composed.
1993-1994 order work for the "Theater des Westens" in Berlin in the painting area
since 1993 exhibitions in museums and galleries
since 1994 large-sized mural painting and art at buildings in
Frankfurt, Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Vienna, Fuerteventura.
1997 foundation of the art studio and gallery "Drahtwerk"near Frankfurt
1998 Specialization on surfacedesign for laminates and wallpaper
2000 Cläre-Roeder-Münch art prize of the city of hanau
since 2001 industrial designs and interior design solutions for branded companies
since 2002 developments for furniture and roomconcepts with graphical surfaces in cooperation with Resopal
since 2004 distribution of the Contzen-collections by Wilsonart Thailand in Asia, Australia and Middle East
since 2006 international distribution of Contzen-designed floor laminate by Parador
May 2007 release of the Resopal Booklet “graphical Contzen’tration -Collection Lars Contzen”
July 2007 international distribution of an exclusive Contzen-wallpaper- collection by A.S. Creation,Tapeten AG
2008 Creation of the “Resofloor” design-collection for floor panels and the new surface “Pure Identity” for Resopal, Germany
“Multitool” is nominated for the ”Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2008”
July 2008 about 10 Million sold squaremeters of Contzen-wallpaper worldwide
2009 Contzen design collection in glass for “Glas Troesch”
coming 2009 Contzen design carpets by “Paul Kloeckner GmbH”
coming 2009 Contzen design on waterresistant floor panels, by Resopal, product: “Resofloor Spa”
May 2009 new Resopal Booklet “graphical Contzen’tration 2”
August 2009 second wallpaper Collection “Lars Contzen 2” by A.S. Creation (new designs and stuctures)
coming autumn 2009 new wallpaper collection “Papers by Lars Contzen”
Lars Contzen website
