AMPELMÄNNCHEN - Key Persons

Berlin Mitte has always been a trend-setting place. The AMPELMANN office is located in the heart of the district, and it has developed into a flourishing family company. There are around 120 staff members looking after the Ampelmännchen brand. In 2019 we opened a new shop in Berlin Tegel Airport. Events in Germany, which like so many things were more concentrated in Berlin, shaped the future. In 2006, for example, the World Cup brought Germans from the East and West just as close together as they had been in the days after the Wall fell. At AMPELMANN, we were naturally right in the first row of fans celebrating here in Berlin. We even developed our own special product range dedicated to the World Cup. Everywhere in Germany, in front of screens and televisions too, many people began to show a new sense of community and national pride, possibly for the first time ever. We were in tune with the times, and we still draw inspiration from this today. We felt the changes, and AMPELMANN was and still is a part of them.

Job Titles:

• Founder
• Owner
• AMPELMANN 's Founder
• Tübingen Designer

Owner Markus Heckhausen runs AMPELMANN as a family company: personally, responsibly, and with an appreciation of everyone both individually and collectively. This makes us strong as a whole team - and has a positive impact on everything we do. Markus Heckhausen graduated in product design in Pforzheim in 1987. Following a scholarship to study under Anna Castelli-Ferrieri (of Kartell) in Milan, he remained an independent designer. AMPELMANN is close to his heart and is his life's work.

Theodor Fontane has been shining in the traffic lights of his home town of Neuruppin since April 2019. On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the writer, the city installed eight traffic lights with this motive at Fontane Square.