Karl Strahlendorf is a set designer who worked uncredited on Star Trek Into Darkness. As part of the art department, he received an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film in 2014 which he shared with Scott Chambliss, Ramsey Avery, James Clyne, Lauren Polizzi, Kasra Farahani, Michael E. Goldman, Harry E. Otto, Andrew E.W. Murdock, Jason Baldwin Stewart, Natasha Gerasimova, Steve Christensen, Andrea Dopaso, John Eaves, Nathan Schroeder, Ryan Church, Christopher Ross, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Anne Porter, John Chichester, Tex Kadonaga, Kevin Cross, Andrew Reeder, Jane Wuu, Richard F. Mays, Allen Coulter, Karl Martin, Scott Schneider, Lorrie Campbell, Easton Smith, Tammy Lee, Tim Croshaw, Clint Schultz, and Karen Manthey.
Strahlendorf previously worked as 3D car modeler on Speed Racer (2008) and Tron: Legacy (2010). He earned a degree in industrial and production design from Carleton University and worked as senior design sculptor for Mercedes-Benz between 1991 and 2000. He also worked as master modeler for Ford Motor Company between 2016 and 2018. Since April 2019, Strahlendorf has been president of Ximeno Design, a company in Long Beach, California.