please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message teams type private industry industrial design founded 1956 headquarters esslingen germany key people reinhard renner klaus baumgartner hans peter aglassinger ulrich schweig hamburg zarko bubalo belgrade paul hatch chicago andreas bell chicago an luo shanghai website www.teamsdesign.com teams is a global design firm headquartered in esslingen germany founded in 1956 by industrial designer hans erich slany . 1 as of july 2009 teams has five design studios in germany china the united states and serbia . they have been ranked second by the international forum design if 2 3 or 14th in an international poll that includes corporations communications and other firms . as of september 2016 teams has over 1 000 design awards . 4 the firm employs over 100 people in several disciplines . teams offers services in user experience design uxd interaction design industrial design engineering prototyping design strategy and brand communications . contents 1 history 2 current community leadership 3 teams today 4 published material 5 see also 6 references history edit in 1956 hans erich slany founded slany design in esslingen germany . he approached robert bosch gmbh with his ideas for power tools housed in plastics a revolutionary idea that would make tools lighter reducing the incidence of repetitive strain injury and electric shocks to users . to train their engineers and commemorate a traveling european exhibition called making work easier ergonomics for power tools bosch published a book based on slany s recommendations the influence of ergonomics on the design of power tools . teams still manages the visual brand language of bosch power tools . 5 during this time slany was very active in the design community forming the verband deutscher industrie designer e.v. vdid with six other designers in 1959 . to secure new leadership for the firm s future after many decades slany sold some of his shares to designers reinhard renner and klaus schoen . the firm began to be known as slany design teams with the intent of phasing out slany s name upon his retirement . in 1996 when slany stepped down the name was changed to teams design gmbh . in 1998 the firm foundied their first branch in chicago with paul hatch as president . recently paul hatch was made ceo of the us office and andreas bell became president of the us office . a second german branch in hamburg was opened under the direction of by ulrich warth in 2002 ; ulrich schweig succeeded warth in 2010 . further international expansion quickly followed with branches in belgrade and shanghai in 2004 and 2006 respectively . zarko bubalo heads the belgrade location and an luo founded the shanghai office . the firm currently employs over 100 employees across all five locations . current community leadership edit teams design is actively involved with industrial design professional organizations worldwide . in germany the firm participates in activities with the vdid . teams chicago ceo paul hatch has served as the midwest vice president of the industrial designers society of america idsa as well as served as an international conference chair and serves as the idsa director at large conferences and their vice president marianne grisdale finished a term as the idsa national secretary treasurer and now is serving as the midwest district vice president . teams today edit teams design gmbh is currently run by reinhard renner hans peter aglassinger and klaus baumgartner . aglassinger and baumgartner took over schoen s shares in the firm upon his retirement in 2003 . teams design continues to manage the visual language of brands long term and be honored in the field of product design 6 7 for brands such as bosch 8 9 k rcher 10 gmbh silit 11 mr. coffee black & decker still and leifheit . published material edit slany hans erich ; stefanie leisentritt 2013 . industriedesign eine erfolgsgeschichte verlag sindlinger burchartz isbn 978 3 928812 64 1 chan eric 2010 . 1000 product designs form function and technology from around the world rockport publishers isbn 978 1 59253 638 2 zec prof. peter 2009 . red dot design yearbook 2009 2010 avedition gmbh isbn 978 3 89939 106 0 godau marion ; antonelli paola 2007 design directory germany universe isbn 978 0 7893 0389 9 zec prof. peter 2007 . red dot design yearbook 2007 2008 avedition gmbh isbn 978 3 89939 084 1 german design council 2007 . design award of the federal republic of germany 2007 birkh user basel isbn 978 3 7643 8092 2 hatch paul editor ; mcdonagh deana editor ; balte tatyana illustrator 2006 . realize design means business industrial designers society of america ; 1st edition isbn 978 1 4276 0608 2 mcdonagh deana 2005 . impact the synergy of design technology and business industrial designers society of america ; 1st edition isbn 978 0 9752741 3 2 fiell peter ; fiell charlotte ; krumhauer julia 2003 . industrial design a z tashen isbn 978 3 8228 2426 9 ogursky guenter ; stof gabrielle editors unknown . the influence of ergonomics on the design of power tools robert bosch gmbh stuttgart zec prof. peter 1997 . german design standards koln dumont isbn 978 3 7701 4290 3 marquart christian 1994 . industrial culture industrial design a piece of german economic and design history the founder members of the association of german industrial john wiley & sons isbn 978 3 433 02343 3 see also edit design portal verband deutscher industrie designer e.v. industrial designers society of america idsa paul hatch s idsa fight club who s who in german design md moebel interior design paul hatch on world business review television series hosted by alexander haig teams design references edit slany hans erich 2013 . industriedesign eine erfolgsgeschichte . verlag sindlinger burchartz . isbn 978 3 928812 64 1 . 2010 ranking of firms by if design team of the year award gustafson greta . 1000 awards . teams design . teams design . retrieved 23 september 2016 . teams designs bosch power tools goethe institute honors teams for bosch work red dot awards core 77 interview with hp aglassinger on power tools notcot article on power tool design karcher if award silit profile on teams retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teams design & oldid 743337228 categories design companiesindustrial design firmscompanies based in chicagodesign companies of the united states1956 establishments in germanycompanies established in 1956hidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2015articles with a promotional tone from august 2015all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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