Mirjam Hiller/ Jewellery designer
Mirjam Hiller completed her training at the Pforzheim School of Goldsmiths. She then studied at the Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University and at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada. She has been running her own workshop since 2008. Her work is shown in renowned galleries worldwide and is part of (private and) museum collections, e.g. in the Pforzheim Jewellery Museum, the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has also received several awards, including the inhorgenta europe innovation prize and the Grassi Prize from the Slavik Gallery.
Alexa Pollmann/ Fashion designer
Alexa Pollmann studied fashion at the Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University and Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London. In 2014, the London-based designer founded the platform Peut- Portera design collective that explores the body as a cultural medium and the interaction between clothing, technology and science. She leads the master's programme Wearable Futures at Ravensbourne College in London and holds workshops at institutions such as the ZKM in Karlsruhe and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Tim Storti/ Managing Director PEARL CREATIVE
Tim Storti, industrial design graduate and founding partner of the PEARL CREATIVE agency, studied industrial design at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences. He initially worked as a product designer at Phoenix Design in Stuttgart. In 2000, together with Christian Rummel, he founded PEARL CREATIVE, an agency for strategy, innovation and brand design, of which he is managing director and creative director. With its 12-strong team, PEARL CREATIVE develops future concepts and products for well-known brand manufacturers such as ALFI, BLANCO, BRITA, BOSCH, KÄRCHER, SIEMENS and WMF. The studio has been honoured with over 70 international design awards for its work.
