This studio aims to inspire everyone to see resources in a new light. Everything has value. A unique story. And above all, potential. Every waste material or by-product can serve a new purpose elsewhere if its best qualities are recognized and utilized in a targeted manner.
We demonstrate that this approach works on any industrial scale and, in addition to the joy of ecological responsibility, also creates a financial win-win situation for everyone involved. It's about giving every product a story that people love to tell.
Award ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Masters Award Gold, 9th Edition 2022
Award ︎︎︎ Green Concept Award Winner 2022
Award ︎︎︎ Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, Finalista 2022
Award ︎︎︎ European Product Design Award 2021
Award ︎︎︎ Siemens Home Appliances Design Award Public Vote 2018
Award ︎︎︎ IKEA Stiftungs Designpreis 2017
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Architect@Work / MATERIATEK, 05/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Material District Utrecht 03/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 11. Recycling Designpreis / Martha Herford Museum, Herford 12/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 11. Recycling Designpreis / Galerie Nord, Berlin 04/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Zurich Design Weeks 09/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Blut & Staub - Wenn Reststoffe zu Werkstoffen werden, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur & Materialarchiv Zürich, 03/24 - 09/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ ‘Tête-à-Tête’ group show, Forwart Gallery + OWN, Antwerp 07/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ ‘Postcards from Rotterdam’, DOEN + OWN & Alisa Lim A Po, Rotterdam 03/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Ambiente Frankfurt, Haute Innovation “Circular Dining Materials” 02/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, Madrid 11/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 10. Recycling Designpreis / Martha Herford Museum, Herford 08/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 10. Recycling Designpreis / Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin 08/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Milan Design Week 22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Spazioarte, Munich 05/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ TRIGGER, Barcelona 07/21
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Materials Narratives, Barcelona 04/21
We demonstrate that this approach works on any industrial scale and, in addition to the joy of ecological responsibility, also creates a financial win-win situation for everyone involved. It's about giving every product a story that people love to tell.
Award ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Masters Award Gold, 9th Edition 2022
Award ︎︎︎ Green Concept Award Winner 2022
Award ︎︎︎ Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, Finalista 2022
Award ︎︎︎ European Product Design Award 2021
Award ︎︎︎ Siemens Home Appliances Design Award Public Vote 2018
Award ︎︎︎ IKEA Stiftungs Designpreis 2017
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Architect@Work / MATERIATEK, 05/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Material District Utrecht 03/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 11. Recycling Designpreis / Martha Herford Museum, Herford 12/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 11. Recycling Designpreis / Galerie Nord, Berlin 04/25
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Zurich Design Weeks 09/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Blut & Staub - Wenn Reststoffe zu Werkstoffen werden, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur & Materialarchiv Zürich, 03/24 - 09/24
Exhibition ︎︎︎ ‘Tête-à-Tête’ group show, Forwart Gallery + OWN, Antwerp 07/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ ‘Postcards from Rotterdam’, DOEN + OWN & Alisa Lim A Po, Rotterdam 03/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Ambiente Frankfurt, Haute Innovation “Circular Dining Materials” 02/23
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, Madrid 11/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 10. Recycling Designpreis / Martha Herford Museum, Herford 08/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ 10. Recycling Designpreis / Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin 08/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Milan Design Week 22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Spazioarte, Munich 05/22
Exhibition ︎︎︎ TRIGGER, Barcelona 07/21
Exhibition ︎︎︎ Materials Narratives, Barcelona 04/21
Benedikt Peirotén [Founder]
started his education with an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic in CNC milling and graduated from highschool afterwards to study INDUSTRIAL DESIGN in Munich [Germany] and Basel [Switzerland], expanded with Internships at SMAL [Industrial Design] and ATELIER STEFFEN KEHRLE [Furniture Design]. He then started to work at N+P INDUSTRIAL DESIGN [Industrial Design] and decided to continue with a MASTER IN DESIGN THROUGH NEW MATERIALS at ELISAVA in Barcelona [Spain].
Afterwards, he worked as a material and industrial designer at NEOMIND [Public Transportation Design] and finally founded one of the first material design studios in Germany, STUDIO PEIPEI, in October 2021.
Font and corporate design by
Moritz Hundbiss & Sebastian Schmitt
Lecture ︎︎︎ Liechtenstein Academy, Vienna 11/25
Podcast Interview ︎︎︎ Design Atlas Podcast, Episode from January 2nd: “Reinvention in Focus” (from minute 22:33), 01/25
Teaching ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Barcelona, New Materials Master Class, 3 Days, 01/25
Teaching ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Barcelona, Beyond Products Master Class, 4 Days, 10/24
Mentoring ︎︎︎ Material Design Master Thesis Cavecraft by Leonie Goejer at ELISAVA Barcelona, 23/24
Mentoring ︎︎︎ Material Design Master Thesis Biocharged - a battery of ecological awareness by Fenna Kosfeld at ELISAVA Barcelona, 23/24
Teaching ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Barcelona, New Materials Master Class, 4 Days, 02/24
Teaching ︎︎︎ Technical University Munich, Department of Architecture, winter semester 23/24
Teaching ︎︎︎ ELISAVA Barcelona, Beyond Products Master Class, 5 Days, 11/23
Lecture ︎︎︎ Glass Society Ireland, Summer Festival 05/22