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Sam Tho Duong/ Jewelry designer

After his apprenticeship as a goldsmith at the Berufskolleg für Design, Schmuck und Gerät in Pforzheim and at Dr. Wellendorff GmbH, Sam Tho Duong attended the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim, where he graduated with a diploma in 2002. Since then he has worked as a freelance designer and is known for his detailed and complex body and neck jewellery, especially for his “Frozen” collection of freshwater rice grain pearls. His works are part of private and museum collections, among others at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, the Museum of Art and Design in New York or the CODA Museum Apeldoorn. He has also received numerous prizes, including the Baden-Württemberg State Prize, the Friedrich Becker Prize and the Herbert Hofmann Prize.

Bettina Weiss/ Senior designer at adidas

Bettina Weiss studied fashion design at Pforzheim University after her tailor graduation and an employment at the theatre. During her studies, she worked as a Technical & Color Designer for Adidas Stella Mc Cartney and afterwards for Adidas Sport Performance Design. Currently, Bettina Weiss is Senior Designer at Adidas Heartbeat Sports/Specialist Sports. Since 2016, she is also lecturing in Sportswear and Leisure Wear at Pforzheim University´s Faculty of Design.

Stefan Lippert/ Managing Director UP Designstudio

Stefan Lippert is one of the managing partners of UP Designstudio, one of the larger product design consultancies in Germany. The office works for its predominantly market-leading clients in the fields of user experience – innovation – design. The work of UP Designstudio has won more than forty renowned international design awards for creative solutions in design and development. In addition to his work as managing director and consultant at UP Designstudio, Stefan Lippert is also active as a startup-entrepreneur. This is how the ELMOTO electric motorcycle and GIBBON Slacklines were created under his management.