HELLO. Design for me is a continual process of observation and reflection. It can change the way we live and the way we think. It doesn’t just result in a physical object. Design is a holistic concept resulting in long-term changes.
I am constantly drawing inspiration from the societies I live in, the surroundings I experience, the people I meet, and the things I do in my everyday life. My name is Anastasiya Koshcheeva. I was born and raised in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 2006 I made Germany my second home.
My creative process starts with the material. I explore each material’s unique potential, aesthetic features, and haptic qualities in an experimental way and turn my insights into design concepts. My work is characterized by the combination of contrasting textures, colours, and skills. I create products with character that have a story and tell it through the design.
Already since 2012 I’m passionate about birch bark. My current mission is to turn a decade old Siberian handcraft, that I know from my childhood into contemporary design and to establish birch bark as a new renewable raw material.
I work as a freelance designer, creative director and CEO of MOYA and Weisswald, I’ve founded 2018 and 2020 in Berlin, commuting between Berlin, Moscow and Tomsk.
AWARDS
Nature Art | Prize for sustainable aesthetics by Lions Club Berlin – Preußen von Humboldt | November 2023
Dezeen Award | Longlisted, 2022
ICFF Editors Award | Best Booth, Eco Solidarity, May 2022
Etsy Design Award | Finalist, 2021
Female Entrepreneurs of the Future 2019 | Winner „From offline to online“ | 2019
Digital Female Leader Award 2019, Lifestyle | Nominee, 2019
German Design Award 2018 | Nominee, 2018
Ambiente Talents 2018 | Selected, 2018
Creators Community by Formland 2018 | Nominee, 2018
Designpreis Brandenburg 2017 | Newcomer, 3 Place, 2017
Berliner Volksbank Grant | Applied Arts 2016
6. International Marianne Brandt Contest | Poesie des Funktionalen, Material Effects | Product Category, 2nd Place, 2016
DMY New Talents Competition 2016 | Winners, 2016
Materialica Design + Technology Student Award 2014 | Honorable Mention, 2014
Salone Satellite Worldwide Moscow | 2nd Place, 2014
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / FEATURED IN
„Die Rohstoff Revolution“ on ZDF and ARTE | February 2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung | „Baum im Raum“ | August 2019
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / „Weist Wasser ab, zieht Blicke an“ | January 2020
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TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Hochschule Anhalt – Handwerk und Design. Von der Idee zum Unternehmen | Dessau, June 2023
Näver, det beresta materialet | Birch Bark & Design Workshop, Göteborg, November 2022
Wanted Design Manhattan – Eco Solidarity | Doing it!, New York, May 2022
HAWK Design am Mittwoch – Von der Idee zum Unternehmen | Berlin,May 2021
Interzum @home, green smart materials | Köln,May 2021
Berliner Unternehmerinnentag | Berlin,February 2021
Goethe Institut Novosibirsk | New Olds | Traditions and Innovations in Design, Talks Novosibirsk | March 2018
Designtage Brandenburg | Nachhaltige Design-Konzepte, Birkenrinde neu entdecken | Potsdam |October 2017
Traditions and Contemporary Design | Moscow Design Museum, Moscow, | August 2017
Munich Creative Business Week | IHM | Handwerk on Stage Munich | February 2016
Youth Startups in Greater Europe | Panel discussion Berlin | April 2017
TEACHING
Goethe Institut New York | Design Workshop with the German School Brooklyn, May 2022
Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts | Design and Entrepreneurship, Lecture Novosibirsk | March 2018
EDUCATION
2014-2016 Potsdam University of Applied Sciences | Design, Master of Arts
2008-2014 Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts | Integrated Product Design, Bachelor of Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Wanted Design – ECO SOLIDARITY | New York, May 2022
2021
ORNARIS | Bern, August 22nd – 24th 2021
ECO SOLIDARITY | Online-Exhibition | June 15th – August 15th 2021
HAWK Design am Mittwoch | May 2021
Interzum @home, green smart materials | May 2021
Berliner Unternehmerinnentag | February 2021
2020
Trendset | Munich, 5.01-7.01.2020
Ambiente | Frankfurt am Main, 7.02-11.02.2020
2019
Maison & Objet | Paris, 18.01-22.01.2019
Ambiente | Frankfurt am Main, 8.02-12.02.2019
Trofejas | Berlin, 15.02.2019
Blickfang | Stuttgart, 15.03-17.03.2019
Echt – Modern Craft | Berlin 5.04-7.04.2019
Milan Design Week | Milan, 9.04-14.04.2019
BUGA 2019 | Materials Labyrinth | Heilbronn, 17.4-6.10.2019
International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 | German Pavilion | Beijing, 29.04 – 7.10.2019
ORNARIS | Bern, 18.08-20.08.2019
KunstKontor | Würzburg, 25.10-27.10.2019
M.19 | Historische Villa Metzler | Frankfurt am Main, 15.11-17.11.2019
Zeughausmesse | Berlin, 5.12-8.12.2019
2018
Maison & Objet | Now Design! | Hall 7, Stand C184 Paris, 19.01-23.01.2018
Formland | Creators Community | Hall E, Stand 4261, Herning, Denmark 1.02-4.02.2018
Ambiente | Talents | Hall11, Level 0, Stand H10 Frankfurt am Main, 9-13.2.2018
Life on Sundays | Trendzone Formland | Hall D, Herning, Denmark 1.02-4.02.2018
IMM | Smart home Cologne, 15.01-21.01.2018
Trends & Traditions | Holmris | Copenhagen 15.03.2018
Blickfang Stuttgart | Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart, 16.03-18.03.2018
Trofejas | Berlin 8.03-22.03.2018
Echt | Villa Elisabeth Berlin, 23.03-25.03.2018
Zeughausmesse | Berlin, 6.12-9.12.2018
‚Von‘ Galery | Berlin, 25.01-30.04.2018
Handwerksforum Hannover | Junge Talente Hannover 24.3-28.4.2018
New Olds | Goethe Institut Novosibirsk | Exhibition, Talk, Workshop Novosibirsk 9.02-27.03.2018
2017
Zeughausmesse | Berlin, 7.12-10.12.2017
Pamono & aptm | Origin Stories, Berlin 17-19.11.2017
FSB | Materials Show by Haute Innovation, Cologne, 7-10.11.2017
Craftstil | Der Manufakturmarkt im Stilwerk Hamburg, 3.11-5.11.2017
Blickfang Wien | MAK Wien, 27.10-29.10.2017
Designpreis Brandenburg | Kunstraum Potsdam, 13.10-15.10
Designtage Brandenburg | Designmarkt Schinkelhalle, Potsdam, 13.10-15.10.2017
CCA ZARYA | Vladivostok, 19.04 – 17.09.2017
Feinwerk | Fulda, 6.10-8.10.2017
Archmoscow | Top 30: best products of russian product designers, Moscow, 24.05-28.05.2017
20 Years Salone Satellite | Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, 4-25 april 2017
Interzum | Interzum inspires by Dear Agency, Stilwerk Cologne, 16.05-19.05.2017
Interzum | Circular Thinking | Haute Innovation Cologne, 16.05-19.05.2017
2016
Zeughausmesse Berlin, december 2016
Winterdorf | Arena Badeschiffareal Berlin, november / december 2016
Orgatec 2016 | Smart Office Materials | Haute Innovation Cologne, october 2016
Subcontractor 2016 | Smart Office Materials | Haute Innovation Cologne, november 2016
DMY | New Talent Competition 2016 | Winners Berlin, june 2016
Coburger Designtage Coburg, may-june 2016
Munich Creative Business Week | Startup | Creative Demo Night Munich, february 2016
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2016 | Greenhouse Stockholm, february 2016
PITTI IMMAGINE | Pittyfilatti | Materiality Florence, january 2016
Maison & Objet 2016 | Inspirations | WILD Paris, january 2016
ARCHITECT@WORK | Raumprobe | VOLL.HOLZ München, Düsseldorf, Copenhagen, Berlin, Stuttgart
2015
Naturalist | Russian Design | IZBA project St.Petersburg, october – november, 2015
Craftup | Siberian Design Saint-Petersburg, october 2015
Trends meet Friends | Schreinerei Mayr | Wohlfühlhaus Ingolstadt, november 2015
ARCHITECT@WORK | Raumprobe | VOLL.HOLZ München, october 2015
London Design Festival | Mint | Twisting Tradition London, september 2015
Paris Design Week | Collective 1992 | Designporn1992 Russia Edition Paris, september 2015
Materialis | Unikate – Individuelle Materialien und Technologien Berlin, june 2015
Selected | Designmonat Graz 2015 Graz, may 2015
New from Coburg | Coburger Designtage Coburg, may 2015
Salone Satellite 6 | Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, april 2015
2014
Designtage Brandenburg | formHOLZ Potsdam, november 2014
Orgatec | Smart Office Materials Cologne, october 2014
Materialica Munich, october 2014
iSaloni WW | Salone Satellite WW Moscow, october 2014
Predmet | Modern russian design in historical Interiors Moscow, september 2014
Earlier
Munich Creative Business Week | Home Heroes Munich, february 2012
Designtage Coburg Coburg, may 2010
Photo credits: Natasha Lipchanskaya