Norbert Beck. Founder Norbert Beck, born in 1959, was originally trained as a teacher of art and handicraft before he founded his own design studio in 1988 and started a business as a freelance furniture designer. The Company BECK DESIGN The Germany based design office around the autodidact Norbert Beck combines a high standard of quality and timeless design with southern casualness and elegance. Model making in their own studio is an important element of the working process. Ideas are refined, functions are tested and proportions are checked until meaningful models are formed. From the first sketch of an idea through the entire working and development period, BECK DESIGN, with the support of Silja Beck since 2013, accompanies the products until they are ready for series production. This results in designs that are precisely adapted to the needs of the respective manufacturers. Awards - german design award special 2018: Sofa programme ALMA, Rolf Benz - interior innovation award, winner 2015 and German design award, nominnee 2015: Sofa programme RB 50, Rolf Benz - interior innovation award, winner 2012 and German Design Award, special mention 2013: Sofa programme MIO, Rolf Benz - red dot 2010/2011: Sofa programme AMO, Rolf Benz

Born into a family of artists and designers, Frans Schrofer graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 1983 and started his own studio in The Hague a few years later. Studio Schrofer is known for its recognisable world of shapes and has won various international design awards for innovation, technology and sustainability. Schrofer’s ‘hands-on design’ guarantees ergonomically comfortable designs that are also visually appealing.