[Un]Discovers: Markus Diebel

Remember the Manymals necklaces that we featured the other day? We found his collection very interesting and meaningful so we contacted him for an interview, to know more about the product and the designer himself.

What is your background/history? Is there anything related to design? 
After I ran and designed some night clubs in Germany, I studied Industrial Design at Art Center, moved to the US and worked at the design consultancy IDEO for 12 years. I left 2 years ago as their design director to join Incase as their VP of design. I also did an apprenticeship as a furniture maker, studied Fine Arts for 2 years, did international exhibitions with my art-design group "designraw", held workshops about the "3 principles" and taught at CCA in San Francisco.

Trendology: Manymal Silver Necklaces

I cannot take my eyes off these necklaces because they are so funky!

This necklace collection is created by Markus Diebel in San Francisco and each necklace is in the shape of an animal. What I love about this collection is 5% of sales will go to WildAid. The 4 animal shapes you can choose from are Pug, Gorilla, Bat and Sloth. This collection is currently sold exclusively at the A+R Online Store. If you want more information, you can click here. Oh, and you need to see the packaging yourself too, because it is very funky!