Florian Gerlach

Florian Gerlach (1960) founded Totems together with his partners in 1997. He studied business and engineering. Nowadays he is concentrating on customers, analysis, strategy and he is coaching the projects. The main part of his work is the transfer from brand positioning into brand experience in spatial projects. He likes travelling and every deviation is fun due to new experiences on the way. He is an Apple addict, relishes good and healthy food and enjoys leisure time with friends. He sees his family as friends - as well. 

Gerard de Gorter

Gerard de Gorter (1959) founded Totems together with Florian Gerlach and Peter van Lier in 1997. After studying Architecture at the University of Delft and a few years of working-experience with Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman, he decided to develop his ambition further in the field where Architecture & Communication could be combined. At Totems he is mostly involved in the advancement of the company, with his latest project being the set up of a new Totems office in Shanghai. He likes to learn and experience different cultures but also enjoys staying at his home near the beach.

Peter van Lier

Co-founder and creative director of the Totems Group, Peter van Lier is a relentless conceptmaker. Always trying new angles to create concepts for architecture and communication, pushing the barriers of exhibition design and communication has become his second nature. His projects and creative direction have been trendsetting in the branch and created international success for Totems, establishing the agency as one of the top in Germany and the Netherlands.

Melle Pama

Melle holds  a Bachelor of Science in Architectural design, and a Masters Degree in Communication design, and brings 10+ years of experience in the field of 3D Communication and Architecture.

His energetic character influences his work and everyone around him. Always looking ahead, an important focus is always on "what's next?!"

Daniel Wolbert

Birgit Lorinser

Claudia Enchelmaier

Vasco Bontje

Started as a trainee in Amsterdam and moved in 2009 to Düsseldorf. Likes to explore (the world), loves food and is eager to learn.

Sabine van Velzen

Graduated at Rotterdam Willem de Kooning Academy as interior architect, Sabine is now a highly specialized exhibition designer. Her focussed work method has resulted in a great number of successful projects. This, combined with an outgoing character makes her a favorite for our clients to work with.

Silke Schorr

Ulrich Henzler

Volker Münz

Irma Duim

Achim Groll

Simone Baum

Johannes Klein

Melanie Knecht

Melanie graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Coburg with a diploma in Interior Design and Architecture. She was honored as a Fulbright Scholar to develop her knowledge of exhibition design further at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she finished with the Master of Arts Exhibition Design in 2009. Since 2010 Melanie is part of the Totems Düsseldorf team. Here she develops new inspiring projects with our customers.

Melanie loves traveling, enthralling exhibits and installations, good food and the sea.

Lin Nan

Stefanie Larson

Marlous Voshol

With degrees in Cultural Studies and Visual Arts & Design Management, Marlous brings a versatile knowledge and experience in organisation and communication within the design field. She combines a broad interest and analytical nature with a hands-on approach to discover new and exciting projects.

Vanessa Zeissig

Jianhe Chen

Jianhe holds a bachelor degree in product design and a master degree in exhibition design from Tongji University, where he graduated in 2004. Four years later he founded his own design workshop. He firmly believes that enough knowledge in both design and material & constructions is necessary to provide high quality projects for customers.

Jianhe's kind and open nature always wins him sympathies among others. Now, he is helping Gerard to develop the Totems office in Shanghai to win new business in China.

Florian Gerlach

Florian war 1997 einer der Mitgründer von Totems. Mit seinem Hintergrundwissen in Business liegt sein Fokus heute auf Kundenbeziehungen, deren Analysen und Strategien. Der Kern seiner Arbeit ist der Transfer der Positionierung von Marken in eine räumliche Markenerfahrung.
Er liebt Reisen und jede Abweichung von alltäglicher Routine, immer auf der Suche nach neuen Erfahrungen. Trotz Apple-Sucht liebt er gutes Essen und geniesst seine Freizeit gerne mit Freunden und seiner Familie.
florian.gerlach@totems.com

Gerard de Gorter

Nach seinem Architekturstudium und einigen Jahren Erfahrung bei Rem Koolhaas und Peter Eisenmann entschied  sich Gerard 1997, seine Arbeit in die Kombination von Architektur & Kommunikation zu verlegen. Bei Totems agiert er weltweit - sein letztes Projekt war die Eröffnung einer Dependance in Shanghai.
Sein persönliches Interesse gilt den verschiedenen Kulturen,  aber ebenso geniesst er sein Zuhause nahe des holländischen Strandes.

Peter van Lier

Peter van Lier ist bei Totems seit 1997 und ein unermüdlicher Konzeptionist. Wieder und wieder hat er neue Betrachtungswinkel, um neuartige Konzepte für Architektur und Kommunikation zu kreiern. Das Verschieben der klassischen Hürden von Ausstellungsdesign und Kommunikation wurde dabei zu seiner zweiten Natur. Seine Projekte sind Trendsetter in der Branche, führten zum internationalen Erfolg für Totems und etablierten die Agentur im Top-Ranking in Deutschland und den Niederlanden.

Sabine van Velzen

Als graduierte Innenarchitektin der Rotterdam Willem de Kooning Academy hat sich Sabine als Ausstellungs-Spezialistin etabliert. Ihre Arbeitsmethode führte zu sehr erfolgreichen Projekten.
In Verbindung mit ihrem offenen Wesen wird sie von unseren Kunden hoch geschätzt.

Ulrich Henzler

Mit mehr als 20 Jahren Erfahrung als Architekt und Kreativ-Direktor kennt Uli alles über das Konstruieren erstaunlicher Bauten und wunderbarer Designs.
Er gewann so manchen Preis, so dass wir uns immer wieder wundern, dass er so ein cooler Typ geblieben ist - mit beiden Beinen auf dem Boden und ohne Sperenzien. Das liegt sicherlich auch an seiner wunderbaren Familie, seinem Hang zu Outdoor- und Rucksackerfahrungen und seiner unnachahmlichen Art des Humors.
ulrich.henzler@totems.com

Irma Duim

Lin Nan

Lin Nan unterstützt das Büro in Shanghai in allen Bereichen der Administration und leitet meistens das Projektmanagement der Kundenaufträge.

Jianhe Chen

Jianhe besitzt einen Bachelor  in Produktdesign und einen Master in Ausstellungsdesign der Tongji Universität.  2008 gründete er seinen eigenen Design-Workshop.
Er ist fest davon überzeugt, dass  geballtes Wissen von Design sowie Material und Konstruktion unabdingbar für hohe Qualität stehen.

Jianhe's freundliche und offene Natur trägt ihm überall viel Sympathie ein.
Aktuell hilft er Gerard dabei, für das Büro in Shanghai neue Geschäftsfelder in China zu öffnen.

Lexa Dinkel

Mit ihrem offenen Wesen und dem gewinnenden Humor nahm Lexa uns in kurzer Zeit im Sturm. Sie sorgt für reibungslose Administration, damit das Design-Team seine Energie auf die Kreativität verwenden kann.
Sie ist bei Totems financial Controller, Lektorin , Sekretärin und fabelhafte Köchin.

In ihrer Freizeit fährt sie leidenschaftlich ihre Kawasaki auf Trips durch Europa oder versinkt in der Literatur.
alexandra.dinkel@totems.com

Lineke Bouman

Im Bereich Ausstellungsdesign ist Lineke unschlagbar und eine wichtige Stütze des Teams in Den Haag.

Thijs Bouman

Thijs studierte an der Technischen Hochschule Amsterdam Architektur und weist ein breites Spektrum an Kenntnissen auf. Technisches Projektmanagement, Architektur, Innenarchitektur, Möbeldesign, Standdesign Projektentwicklung, Projektmanagement und Ausführungsplanung gehören zu seinen Fähigkeiten.
Totems ist froh, ihn an der Seite zu wissen.
 

Katie Yang

Zhengyang Chen

Sascha Elzinga

Sascha ist momentan (noch) Trainee in Shanghai - wir drücken ihm die Daumen für eine erfolgreiche Zeit.

Kirsten Dorn

Kirsten - zierlich aber zäh!
Mit langjähriger Grafikerfahrung unterstützt sie Totems in allen graphischen Belangen. Kundenwünsche setzt sie mit hoher Kreativität und Präzision um.
Sie ist aber nicht nur erfolgreiche Grafikerin, sondern auch ein äusserst tierliebender Mensch. Wir alle können noch etwas über Respekt vor Lebewesen von ihr lernen.
kirsten.dorn@totems.com

Floortje Muskens

Zhangzhen

Zhanghzhen unterstützt die Agentur in Shanghai erfolgreich im Grafikbereich.

Mirelle Slobbe

Mirelle ist die gute Seele in Den Haag und kümmert sich um Rechnungen und andere administrative Belange.

Ihre Hobbies sind neben der Familie lange Spaziergänge mit dem Dachshund, lesen und reisen.

Wang Lianhua

Sie wird Koofeel genannt und bereichert das Team in Shanghai.

Florian Gerlach

Florian founded Totems together with his partners in 1997. With a background in business and engineering, he now focusses on customer relations, analysis and strategy. At its core, his work involves the transfer of a brand's positioning into a spatial brand experience. He loves travelling and any kind of deviation from everyday life, due to new experiences on the way. He is an Apple addict, relishes good and healthy food and enjoys leisure time with friends. He sees his family as friends - as well.

Gerard de Gorter

Gerard de Gorter founded Totems together with Florian Gerlach and Peter van Lier in 1997. After studying Architecture at the University of Delft and a few years of working-experience with Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman, he decided to develop his ambition further in the field where Architecture & Communication could be combined. At Totems he is mostly involved in the advancement of the company, with his latest project being the set up of a new Totems office in Shanghai. He likes to learn and experience different cultures but also enjoys staying at his home near the beach.

Peter van Lier

Co-founder and creative director of the Totems Group, Peter van Lier is a relentless conceptmaker. Always trying new angles to create concepts for architecture and communication, pushing the barriers of exhibition design and communication has become his second nature. His projects and creative direction have been trendsetting in the branch and created international success for Totems, establishing the agency as one of the top in Germany and the Netherlands.

Sandra Spindler

Sandra is an open-minded person with a great passion for design, arrangements and graphics. She had lived in USA and works for Totems Stuttgart now. Her sophisticated handling of our clients' wishes is fabulous.

Vasco Bontje

When he's not running marathons for good causes (most recently the Berlin Marathon 4 Parkinson) or exploring the world, Vasco is our business development man and social media aficionado. He keeps customers up to date with everything new and interesting about Totems. Rumors persist that he is also a ninja, but there is no hard evidence to be found.

Sabine van Velzen

Graduated at Rotterdam Willem de Kooning Academy as interior architect, Sabine is now a highly specialized exhibition designer. Her focussed work method has resulted in a great number of successful projects. This, combined with an outgoing character makes her a favorite for our clients to work with.

Ulrich Henzler

WIth more than twenty years of field experience as an architect and creative director, Uli knows everything there is to know about building amazing spatial experiences and awesome designs. He has won so many awards for his designs, that we seriously wonder how on earth he has stayed such a cool and down-to-earth guy. We believe it's his wonderful family, his love of the great outdoors and backpacking experiences combined with his one-of-a-kind humor. But please, don't let him climb up on Chinese bar stools ever again.

Irma Duim

Li Lilila

Li is currently passing an internship in our Shanghai office. Design is her passion and she feels honored to be a part of the Totems family.

Stefanie Larson

Long-term Totemsianer, entrepreneur and social whirlwind, Steffi is one of our brightest sparks of the Stuttgart team. She brings tons of experience to the team, thanks to years of managing big projects and dealing with customers from every background imaginable. The stories she can tell are as engaging as her personality. She always has an open ear and a piece of advice for your concerns. In 2012 she co-founded Finecraft, a concept store for outstanding products and materials by selected designers.

Jianhe Chen

Jianhe holds a bachelor degree in product design and a master degree in exhibition design from Tongji University, where he graduated in 2004. Four years later he founded his own design workshop. He firmly believes that enough knowledge in both design and material & constructions is necessary to provide high quality projects for customers.

Jianhe's kind and open nature always wins him sympathies among others. Now, he is helping Gerard to develop the Totems office in Shanghai to win new business in China.

Lexa Dinkel

With her open character, winning humour and amazing ability to learn the ropes of pretty much anything in no time, "Lexa" has taken the Stuttgart office by storm. She makes sure the office is running smoothly so the design team can concentrate all its energy on the creative process.

Lineke Bouman

Thijs Bouman

Katie Yang

Lin Nan

Wei Jiang

Sascha Elzinga

Floortje Muskens

Yi Ming Xu