Awards
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Dezeen Awards, London︎︎︎
Emerging Designer of the Year Shortlisted
October 2023
Premiere Classe x Eyes on Talents Winner
WSN, Paris︎︎︎
September 2023
Green Concept Award Winner
Green Product Award, Berlin︎︎︎
March 2022
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Creative Industries Fund NL︎︎︎
October 2021
Eyes on Talents x Frame Winner
Design Parade Hyères, France︎︎︎
June 2021
Exhibitions
Forecast Festival
Radialsystem, Berlin︎︎︎
14 – 15 March 2025
Futures - The Material and Design of Tomorrow
Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig︎︎︎
21 November 2024 – 24 August 2025
WATERSCHOOL - A Speculation in Four Seasons
Curated by Studio Makkink & Bey
Design Campus at Schloss Hubertusburg, Wermsdorf︎︎︎
26 May – 13 October 2024
Wood Land
Schloss Hollenegg for Design, Austria︎︎︎
4 May – 31 May 2024
Micrographia
Park Associati Hub
Salone del Mobile, Milan︎︎︎
16 April – 21 April 2024
Design with a Purpose
Klima Biennale Wien, Austria︎︎︎
4 April – 14 July 2024
Introduction on Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven︎︎︎
21 October – 29 October 2023
Passionswege
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven︎︎︎
22 September – 1 October 2023
Fokus
Vienna Design Week, Vienna︎︎︎
22 September – 1 October 2023
Farm
Hofgut Rimpertsweiler, Lake Constance︎︎︎
22 July – 29 September 2023
At the Table
Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam︎︎︎
10 May – 9 July 2023
Potentials
G-Star Raw Headquarters, Amsterdam︎︎︎
2 May 2023
Handverk
Design March Iceland, Reykjavík︎︎︎
3 May – 7 May 2023
WERKSCHAU SACHSEN
Industriemuseum, Chemnitz︎︎︎
30 March – 29 May 2023
Between the Trees
MAKK Museum for Applied Arts, Cologne︎︎︎
3 February – 16 April 2023
HORTULANUS
re:future lab, Berlin︎︎︎
15 September – 5 November 2022
EXPEDITION ÆQUALIS
Dutch Invertuals & Future Laboratory︎︎︎
22 – 30 October 2022
SLOW LIFE
Piazza Città di Lombardia
Salone del Mobile 2022, Milan︎︎︎
7 June – 12 June 2022
INTERGENERATIONAL GRADUATION SHOW
Salone del Mobile 2022, Milan︎︎︎
7 June – 12 June 2022
ESCAPISM
Collectible Fair, Curated Section, Brussels︎︎︎
20 – 22 May 2022
THE CIRCLE EXHIBITION
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln︎︎︎
17 January – 24 April 2022
OBJECTS FOR A NEW KIND OF SOCIETY
Dutch Invertuals & Future Laboratory︎︎︎
16 – 24 October 2021
DESIGN PARADE 15
Villa Noailles Hyères, France︎︎︎
25 June – 5 September 2021
ZU TISCH
Vögele Kultur Zentrum︎︎︎
10 November 2020 – 25 July 2021
TRAVEL AS A TOOL
Designmuseo Finland
Vandalorum Sweden
MSJ Denmark︎︎︎
2020 – 2022
FOOD: BIGGER THAN THE PLATE
Victoria & Albert Museum︎︎︎
18 May – 20 October 2019
Education
Cultivating Gratitude
WaterSchool by Studio Makkink & Bey
Design Campus Kunstgewerbemuseum, Wermsdorf︎︎︎
2 – 6 September 2024
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR FOR MA DESIGN
Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík︎︎︎
January – June 2023
CASTING JOURNEYS
School of the Untold by Formafantasma
Design Campus Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden︎︎︎
25 – 29 July 2022
LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA
New Modes IV / New Relations with Nature
Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum, Munich︎︎︎
15 May 2024
EXPLORATION FOR PROPOSITION
Design Academy Lecture Series, Eindhoven︎︎︎
28 September 2023
REDESIGN THE ORDINARY
Designtransfer Gallery, UDK, Berlin︎︎︎
20 June 2023
HOLITOPIA, SYMBIOTIC POLITICS
re:future lab, Berlin︎︎︎
8 September 2023
THE ENTROPIC DREAM
re:future lab, Berlin︎︎︎
4 – 5 November 2022
HURRA HURRA X JOHANNA SEELEMANN
Designpodcast der BURG, Halle︎︎︎
July 2022
KONSTANTIN GRCIC - NEW NORMALS
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin︎︎︎
7 May 2022
DESIGNTALKS
Designmarch Iceland, Reykjavík︎︎︎
March 2018
ANTENNA: THE WORLDS BEST DESIGN GRADUATES
Design Indaba and World Design Event︎︎︎
October 2017
ARTICLES AND BOOKS
Ones to watch - Johanna Seelemann
Frame Magazine Issue 158︎︎︎
September 2024
AESTHETICS AS BAIT
ndion︎︎︎
July 2024
DESIGN ISN'T JUST ABOUT CREATING PRODUCTS
– IT'S ABOUT SHAPING ENTIRE ENVIRONMENTS
– IT'S ABOUT SHAPING ENTIRE ENVIRONMENTS
Frame Web︎︎︎
May 2024
Design as a method
Stylepark︎︎︎
April 2024
Plädoyer für das Inseldenken
Die Presse, Schaufenster︎︎︎
February 2024
ALUMNI INTERVIEW WITH TIIU MEINER
DAE Website︎︎︎
June 2022
JOHANNA SEELEMANN
Plural Magazine︎︎︎
June 2022
REDESIGN THE ORDINARY
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin︎︎︎
10 February 2022
EMBARK! MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
re:future lab, Berlin︎︎︎
November 2021
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Creative Industries NL︎︎︎
October 2021
'5X5' WALLPAPER* MAGAZINE
Wallpaper* print and web︎︎︎
27 September 2021
FORMAFANTASMA GOES BANANAS FOR JOHANNA SEELEMANN
Wallpaper* print and web︎︎︎
27 September 2021
THE 4 DESIGNERS TO WATCH FROM DESIGN PARADE’S WINNERS
Frame Magazine︎︎︎
6 July 2021
TRAVEL AS A TOOL
Designmuseo, Vandalorum, MSJ︎︎︎
6 July 2021
FEEDING THE 10 BILLION: HOW CAN DESIGN PLAY A PART?
It’s Nice That︎︎︎
3 July 2019
NEW TALENTS GRADUATING FROM THE DESIGN ACADEMY
Elle Decor︎︎︎
October 2019
ICON DESIGN: 100 TALENTS TO WATCH
ICON Design Magazine︎︎︎
March 2019