Thomas Merkel has always sought out the most diverse applications with which he could improve his work, or learned software that opened up completely new areas for him. Both Windows and Macintosh interfaces are familiar to him. Today, he works in many different areas, and since they are all interconnected, each benefits from the other.
To this day, his work is accompanied by numerous awards:
Nomination for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Design Germany selected,
red dot award product design,
iF product design award,
Design Award for Three-Dimensionality,
etc.