Team

Consolidated design expertise

At the Design Post, visitors can always expect to receive professional advice from experienced consultants who are strongly committed to answering every question.

Volker Streckel - Office Manager

Volker Streckel manages the day-to-day business of the Design Post Cologne with great enthusiasm and is always available as an experienced adviser to visitors and exhibitors. After completing his studies at Cologne’s Technical Furniture Trade College, MöFa, he acquired extensive consultation expertise in the fields of design and furnishing during his many years of work in the upmarket residential and property business.

Frank Kirschbaum - Professional Furnishing Adviser

A trained carpenter and MöFa alumnus, Frank Kirschbaum is more than professionally qualified to receive and advise visitors. With his extensive background knowledge of the architectural history of the Design Post, he also gives regular lectures and conducts guided tours of the venue upon request.

Julia Suer and Simone Gotschol

The designer Julia Suer and the architect Simone Gotschol support the team of advisers on a project-by-project basis.

Ute Stracke - Arco Germany Sales Office

Ute Stracke handles the business of Arco’s German distribution office.

Initiators and proprietors

Paul van den Berg and Willem van Ast

The founders and proprietors of the Design Post, Paul van den Berg and Willem van Ast, are a well-established team when it comes to successful showroom concepts. They have also come up with similar projects, such as the Pakhuis and later the Post CS in Amsterdam, more than 20 years ago.

Paul van den Berg, owner of the Dutch furniture collection Montis, created a sensation with spectacular furniture design as far back as the 80s. Willem van Ast, a designer himself and executive director of the venerable Arco furniture factory in the Netherlands, is an acknowledged sponsor of young designers and has received numerous design awards.

Dick Spierenburg - Project Manager

Dick Spierenburg is the co-founder and the man in charge of the project. In addition to his design work, he gained extensive experience through founding and coordinating comparable centres of expertise as manager of the Dutch models of the Design Post – Pakhuis and Post CS.

How to visit us

Design Post Köln

Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 22a
50679 Cologne, Germany
How to get there

Opening hours

We./ Th./ Fr. 10.00 - 18.00 Uhr
Saturdays 10.00 - 16.00 Uhr

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