About Us

EXYD was founded in 2006 by Detlef Schobert, who studied at the Technical University of Munich and graduated with a PhD from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

EXYD develops and produces decorative metal cladding for interiors and facades that are similar within the series, but differ in appearance from one component to next component.

Before establishing EXYD, Schobert acquired extensive experience in the building supplies industry. He developed – under the mentorship of Herzog & de Meuron – a forming process first showcased at the Architecture Biennale 2002 in Venice. This process was subsequently utilized to produce 140,000 sq ft of cladding for the Edificio Forum in Barcelona.

One of the first works dealt with the design of the entrance gate at 40 Bond Street in New York (Herzog & de Meuron).

In 2009 the London architecture studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands invited EXYD to produce a metal that looks like a water surface. The architects planned to use such a surface in a food department.

EXYD experimented – and in October 2009 Product Line EXYD-M was born, the world's first computer-controlled produced rippled water panel (below very first rippled water panel photographed at the Munich Viktualienmarkt to study the reflections of fruit and vegetables).

In the same year EXYD produced around 10,000 sq ft of ceiling and wall panels for Tsvetnoy Central Market.

Since then the contributions of EXYD often give attention to the topic "Water", predominantly in Europe, but also in North America, in the Gulf States and in Asia.