Biography Markus Jehs (born in 1965 in stuttgart) and Jürgen Laub (born in 1964 in ulm) have met each other during the academic studies of industrial design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmuend and became friends after an internship in New York in 1990. After they graduated in 1992 they set up jehs + laub in 1994. From that time on they started to design furniture and lamps for Italian companies, such as cassina, ycami and nemo. Year by year they expanded the cooperation with international brands like cassina, fritz hansen, knoll international, renz, stelton, davis, schönbuch, cor and wilkhahn. For mercedes-benz they designed the master concept of the worldwide showrooms, numerous interior designs and exhibitions, such as the ‚suite 606‘ at the world famous Icehotel in north sweden. jehs+laub won many international awards, their projects have been shown in numerous exhibitions and they give lectures all over the world.

Phoenix Design follows a holistic approach, offering innovative brand manufacturers one-stop strategic consulting, corporate design, product design and user interface design. Phoenix Design’s competence resides in developing products of high usability, combining both aesthetical and functional aspects. Following their design philosophy, products have to be convincing in their use, give proof of social and ecological responsibility and be emotionally captivating, in line with the credo: “Logic, morals and magic”. Phoenix Design’s design approach is closely linked to the values of Bauhaus and Ulm school, which today are more topical than ever: finding their expression in functional and simple, immediately accessible designs and usability concepts leading the way in an increasingly complex world. Thanks to their uniqueness and longevity, such products allow for a high added value, increasing the brand value through business success. More than 690 design prizes and awards received since Phoenix Design’s foundation in 1987 are ample proof of this. The great number of awards has also propelled the company in the international “ranking creative” of “iF International Forum Design Hannover” to the top: for several years now, Phoenix Design has been recognised as the No 1 external design agency. Phoenix Design with its 60 full-time employees founded a branch office in Shanghai and Munich. Andreas Haug, Tom Schönherr and Harald Lutz are the Managing Partners. Managing Director are Bernd Eigenstetter. The company can rely on profound know-how in the following focus areas: bathrooms, wellness and air conditioning technology, building services engineering, lamps, lifestyle accessories, outdoor, medical technology, furniture design, telecommunication, entertainment electronics and transportation. Phoenix Design has been working for clients like Audi, Axor, Duravit, Gira, Gigaset, Hansgrohe, Hewi, Hüppe, Huawei, Internorm, Interstuhl, Lamy, LG, Loewe, Metrax, Navigon, Samsung, Selux, Sharp, Siemens, Siteco, Trumpf, Viessmann, Vorwerk, ZEISS and many others, a cooperation that in some cases has been going on successfully for decades