The Jury is made up of nine independent experts from the fields of design and science, living and media, as well as industry and technology. They will assess all of the entries according to agreed evaluation criteria.
ulrich büttner Editor-in-Chief of the magazine md - moebel interior design - International magazine of design, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
beate döring Vice-president of the Federation of German Interior Designers, Bonn (BDIA, Bund der Deutschen Innenarchitekten e.V.)
markus ferstera Managing Director of Casawell Service Group, Enger; Chairman of the Board of the Design Centre Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen
lothar k. friedrich Editor-in-Chief of the wood and plastics magazine HK - Holz und Kunststoff, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
birgit gebhardt Senior Consultant, responsible for the Innovations department at Trendbüro - Consultancy for Social Change, Hamburg
jan hoet Artistic Director of Marta Herford, Herford
hartmut krebs State Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Research of the state of North Rhine-Westfalia, Düsseldorf
susanne lengyel President of the Association of German Industrial Designers (VDID, Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer e.V.) and President of the German Designers' Association (DDV, Deutscher Designer Verband e.V.), Essen
robert de le roi Director of Product Development, Kusch + Co Sitzmöbelwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Hallenberg
