Sofia Souidi, born in Kassel, is a German-Algerian product designer. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, she founded her interdisciplinary studio in Berlin.

Sofia works at various scales, from material development in the lab to the design of contemporary products and architectural spaces. Her focus is the interface between design and research. Her work can be described as clear and functional, yet her projects also have narrative elements that go beyond practicality.

She is currently developing a sustainable material made from residues from the dairy and wood industries supported by Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research.

Sofia has won numerous awards, including the Award for Environment and New Energies and the Ein&Zwanzig Newcomer Award from the German Design Council.
Her work is commissoned by The International Design Museum Munich for their permanent collection Die Neue Sammlung and the Futurium Museum Berlin.


She has teached at different Universities like Bauhaus University Weimar and University of applied sciences in Vienna. In 2025 she is jurymember of CIA awards international.

Sofia lives in Berlin and Bad Freienwalde.

Philosophy

Sustainable design is the sum of multiple decisions. From the choice and assembly of materials, to functional aspects, to the design of a project’s emotional qualities, these have a significant influence on how long we live with things and whether they can age with us.”