Promotion Prize from Minister of Art & Special Award - Vitra GmBH & USM Haller

JULIA ANGELE - category productdesign

»Motion on the water« | Triton


1995 A-levels, 1995 - 1998 training as a carpenter in Tauberbischofsheim, 1998 - 1999 studied science of sport at the German Sport University Cologne, 1999 - 2003 industrial design course at the College of Design, Technology and Economy, Pforzheim, 2001 - 2002 term abroad at the Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan, 2002 internship with B/F Industrial Design, Nuremberg, 2004 trainee position as a industrial designer, Nils Holger Moormann, Aschau; 2003 exhibition in Frankfurt

KATJA HÖLTERMANN - category productdesign

»Eccentric pepper mill« | 2003/2004 | 4,7 x 12 cm

Born in Bobingen in 1971, 1990 A-levels, 1990 - 1993 training as a goldsmith, 1993 - 1995 worked as a silversmith, 1995 - 2001 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, main focus as gold and silversmith , since 2000 attended master class, since 2001 own studio in Nuremberg; several exhibitions: 1997 - 1998 Nuremberg and Bonn, 2000 Munich and Nuremberg, 2001 Munich and Nijmegen, 2002 Munich und Veste Coburg, 2003 Munich, Nuremberg and Leipzig; awards: 1997 2nd place at the Academy Competition, 2000 Bavarian National Award for Young Designers and recognition in the Young Talents Competition »Willy-Guhl-Preis«, 2002 studio promotion by the city of Nuremberg

LUTZ PANKOW - category productdesign

»Between« | living room lamp

Born in Lisbon in 1968, 1989 - 1990 studied engineering at the Kaiserslautern University of Technology, afterwards product design course at the College of Fine Arts in Saarbrucken, 1995 diploma degree, 1995 - 1996 scholarship from the Designlabor Bremerhaven, 1996 co-founder of a design studio with Fritz Schubert, since 1996 lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, several exhibitions: Milan, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Düsseldorf and Nuremberg; 1999 winner of the Saarland State Award for Design

Special Award - Leica Camera AG

ANDREAS GEISLER - category photography

»dumping ground« | 50 x 60 cm

Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) in 1977, 1996 A-levels, 1998 - 2003 architecture course at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, diploma degree, 2003 establishment of the advertising agency ARTKOLCHOSE in Leipzig; several exhibitions: 2000 Chemnitz and Leipzig, 2002 Jena, Leipzig, Halle and Bayreuth, 2003 Klaffenbach and Chemnitz, 2004 Dresden and Chemnitz; awards: 2002 winner of the 6th University Photography Competition and 2003 3rd place, Victor-Klemperer- Competition as well as winner of the Saxony Youth Award for Photograhy, projects: 1998 direction and production supervision of the film project »Was ist wichtig« as well as blueprint for an open air stage in the Küchwald area, Chemnitz