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.

Silver Award, category design, Hochparterre «Die Besten», 2015: Lighting Haus Bärengraben, Meier Leder Architekten Gold Award, Designers’ Saturday Langenthal, 2014: Schätti Leuchten collection, light, Schätti Leuchten International Design Award Baden-Württemberg, Focus Energy in silver, 2014: Oyster, upholstered furniture, Wittmann 1st prize, Design Award, Swissbau Basel, 2014: Schätti Leuchten collection, light, Schätti Leuchten Design Prize Switzerland, 2013: Cresta, wood chair, Dadadum Bronze Award, Designers’ Saturday Langenthal, 2012: Schätti Leuchten collection, light, Schätti Leuchten Grand Prix Design 2011, Federal Office of Culture Switzerland Best Domestic Design, British magazine “Wallpaper”, 2011: Thermos, pot, Nestlé International Design Award Baden-Württemberg, Focus Energy in silver, 2006: Dresscode, wardrobe, Nils Holger Moormann IF Gold Design Award Germany, 2006: Dresscode, wardrobe, Nils Holger Moormann Good Design Award, Chicago Athenaeum, 2005: Dresscode, wardrobe, Nils Holger Moormann Interior Innovation Award Cologne, best material/imm cologne, 2005: Dresscode, wardrobe, Nils Holger Moormann 1st prize, Swiss support award (SMI), 2000: Hoover, wardrobe, Hidden Prize winner in the category design, Swiss competition for applied arts (BAK), 2000: Hoover, wardrobe, Hidden Prize winner in the category design, Swiss competition for applied arts (BAK), 1999: Cargo, wardrobe 2nd prize, competition “Design for Europe” Kortrijk, Belgium, 1998: Ajax, table, ClassiCon, Design Boner/Deuber Purchases Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2014: - GO, light, ewo Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2010: - Wogg 50, chair, Wogg - Thermos, pot, Néstle - Ftan, bed, Atelier Pfister - Lavin, lamps, Atelier Pfister Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2008: - Wogg 42, chair, Wogg Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2006: - Dresscode, wardrobe, Nils Holger Moormann Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2004: - Cookuk, kitchen concept, Aarau Purchase of the design collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum London, 2004: - Pof 1, chair, Hidden Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2003: - “Who’s gonna drive you home tonight?”, bench Purchase of the design collection of the Swiss Federation, Museum of Design Zurich, 2003: - Hoover, wardrobe, Hidden Purchase of the Collection Fonds National d’ Art Contemporain France, 2002: - Hoover, wardrobe, Hidden