In 1983, after working as a freelancer, he founded the Design Büro Wolfgang C.R. Mezger, which has been headquartered in Göppingen near Stuttgart since 2007. With his team, Mezger develops innovative products for numerous areas of application and has won more than 80 international design awards. Mezger realises his innovative and poetic design concepts as durable, functional and user-friendly products for international manufacturers. In addition to his work as a freelance designer for top international companies in the U.S., the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, he also lectures at various design universities and academies in Berlin, London, and Schwäbisch Gmünd.