Georg Popp is a Vienna based architect, designer and co-founder of the medical technology company Turn-Motion.
Georg is also victim of poliomylitis caused by vaccination, which paralised his left leg fully and his right foot partly. Since he is one year old he has not been able walk without a medical support, called orthosis. His vision at Turn-Motion is to innovate the field of orthotic devices in order to empower millions of people with disabilities and muscular-skeletal problems.
Georg graduated from University of Applied Arts in Vienna where he received a graduate degree (Master of Architecture with distinction) from Studio Greg Lynn in 2021 and spent a semester abroad in China to study design & innovation at Tongji University in Shanghai. He also received two undergraduate degrees from the New Design University (Bachelor of Arts with distinction) in interior architecture in 2014 as well as from the University of Technology Vienna (Bachelor of Science) in architecture in 2017, where he was part of the TU-Top-Fellows high-potential program. Georg worked as an architect at BFAxKLK and as a designer at Julia Körner’s Design Label JK3D.
His work utilizes advanced materials and digital simulation for design and fabrication to create innovative designs and connect to contemporary culture. His graduate research studies were highly focused on motion capture technologies with machine learning and how this can be integrated in both - the architectural design process and building parts as a new building typology.
Georg‘s work was shown in several exhibitions in Europe such as the permanent collection of the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (MAK), Venice Glass Weeks and Schloss Hollenegg (Design manufactured by Swarovski) as well as in Berlin, New York and Shanghai and published and mentioned in various magazines such as Archidaily, Dezeen and the Architect’s Newspaper.
He is currently teaching A.I. based design strategies at the New Design University in Austria.
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 millsART - Design manufactured by Swarovski - Stift Millstatt - JK3D
2023 Ashes and Sand - Design manufactured by Swarovski - Schloss Hollenegg - JK3D
2022 Venice Glass Weeks - Design manufactured by Swarovski - The Gritti Palace - JK3D
2022 Permanent collection of MAK The Museum of Applied Arts Vienna - JK3D
2022 Austrian Exporttag 2022 -WKO - JK3D
2022 MAK Branch Geymüllerschlössel - JK3D
2021 Published in Sucker Punch Daily 2021
2021 Published in Dezeen Magazine - 15 student design projects from the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2021 Vienna - Angewandte Festival -Sonic Blur (Online)
2020 Dezeen Magazine - Virtual Design Festival
2020 Vienna - Angewandte Festival - Cabinet of Curiosities (Online)
2020 Berlin - Bautec Messe Berlin - BAKA Forum Bundesverband Altbauerneuerung
2019 Shanghai - “HotSpot” exhibition at Tongji Design Week - College of Design and Innovation; Guest Speaker: Yongqi Lou
2019 New York - “Aesthetics of Prosthetics” exhibition at Siegel Gallery Higgins Hall - Pratt Institute; Panelists: Ferda Kolatan, Neyran Turan, Kutan Ayata, Mark Foster Gage, Karel Klein, Andrew Saunders
2019 The Architect’s Newspaper - “Aesthetics of Prosthetics”
2019 ArchDaily - “Aesthetics of Prosthetics”
2019 PLAT Journal - “Aesthetics of Prosthetics”
2015 Austria - Alfred Kubin Galerie
AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
2020 Winning Project - Special Award for “Formation Residencial” at Bautec Messe Berlin
BAKA Forum Bundesverband Altbauerneuerung - Competition “Studenten Gestalten Zukunft”
2015 Qualification for the TUtheTOP High Potential Program at TU Wien (Collaboration with ÖBB)
2013 Scholarship for excellent achievements as best student of the year at the New Design University
2013 Josef Umdasch Shopfitting research award 3rd place
2012 Bookshelf tower LeseUmWelt for all libraries in Lower Austria