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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.

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.

Bettina Weiss/ Senior Designer at adidas

Bettina Weiss studied fashion design at Pforzheim University after training as a seamstress and working in the theatre. During her studies, she worked as a Technical & Colour Designer for adidas Stella Mc Cartney and subsequently for adidas Sport Performance Design. Bettina Weiss is currently Senior Designer at adidas Heartbeat Sports/Specialist Sports. She has also been a lecturer for sports and leisurewear at Pforzheim University since 2016.