03/04 November 2021 | Wiesbaden
Surface in Motion
Technology & Design Conference

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe

Martin Staiger studied Chemistry at the University of Ulm (D) and held then a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Powder Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne (CH).In 2000 he joined ILFORD Imaging in Fribourg (CH) as a senior scientist for nanoporous inkjet media. From 2005 he was with VOITH Paper in Heidenheim (D) working on process development and predictive process control of paper machines. In 2013 he joined today’s SURTECO GmbH heading the R&D division. Since July 2020 he is responsible for the Innovation & Sustainability activities within the SURTECO Group.

Daniele Merla is Head of Export Sales & Decor Management at the Italian wood-based panel manufacturer Mauro Saviola. In addition, Merla is the managing director of Mauro Saviola's daughter company Trendcor based in Germany. The native Italian was previously responsible for the design of large decor printers. Daniele Merla was Head of Decor Management at Impress and worked in decor development at Schattdecor for over 10 years.

Winfried Titze founded his own consulting company in 1990 and specialized early on in the areas of building, living and furnishing. Since 1992 Winfried Titze has been a managing partner of the management consultancy Titze GmbH based in Neuss. His international consulting activities include all product ranges, but above all kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware. In the area of ​​consulting, the management consultancy Titze GmbH has been working for well-known manufacturers, dealers and trade associations in the above areas at home and abroad for many years. The focus of the consulting services are the topics of market research, marketing consulting, sales consulting, strategy consulting, trend research, sustainability, smart home and more. In the area of ​​research, the management consultancy Titze GmbH prepares its own market and trend studies. More than 100 internationally recognized multi-client studies have been published since 1991.

Katrin de Louw studied interior design at the FH Lippe Detmold. Since 1997 she has been working independently as an interior designer and design manager, as well as in the development of materials and surfaces. Since 2005, de Louw has been dealing with the research of trends in furniture, materials and surfaces. In 2007 she founded the servicepoint A30 as a trend and event forum for the furniture industry in East Westphalia. De Louw has already designed the table system for the G7 summit in Heiligendamm, has been responsible for the PIAZZA Materials and Nature at Interzum several times and was a member of the jury for the red dot award for product design materials & surfaces in 2018/2019. In 2019 de Louw founded the COLOURNETWORK®. Last year she won the Red Dot Design Award for the Pythagoras wooden floor.

Timo Rieke is a designer with a focus on color, surface, haptics and synaesthetics. He is professor for color design at the Faculty of Design at the HAWK - University of Applied Science and Art in Hildesheim; Member of the board of the German Color Center e.V., part of the IIT Institute International Trendscouting at the HAWK and leads the Visual Haptics Lab in Hanover.

Clarissa Blüm completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT after graduating from high school. Initially she worked at RENOLIT as an assistant in the corporate design management department. She has been a manager there since August 2020 and was also certified as a Color Road Ambassador in June 2020.

Peter Ippolito studied architecture in Stuttgart and Chicago. During this period he was an assistant to Prof. Ben Nicholson (Chicago) and collected valuable practical experience in the studio of Daniel Libeskind (Berlin). He set up Ippolito Fleitz Group together with Gunter Fleitz in 2002. Over the years this multi-disciplinary design studio has built up an impressive international reputation for its interior architecture, communication and product design projects. Many of the studio’s projects have won prestigious awards, including iF Golds, red dots and ADC Awards. In 2015 Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz were the first German interior designers to be admitted to Interior Design magazine's prestigious ›Hall of Fame‹. In addition to his creative work, Peter Ippolito has held various teaching positions and is in keen demand as a speaker and as a member of competition juries. Peter Ippolito is a member of the German Designers Club (Deutscher Designer Club).

• at Lamigraf since 2020
• employed at Hueck from 2002 - 2020
• until 2008 Employees in production
• 2009 to 2016 Product management
• since 2016 Head of Design and Product Management

After successfully completing his studies in industrial engineering at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, Steffen Völker began working as an assistant to the management of the SAUERESSIG Group in 2010. As part of his work, he accompanied national and international projects, including in the areas of lean management, M&A and strategy development, before moving to the SAUERESSIG Design Studio in Mönchengladbach in 2014 as authorized signatory and commercial manager, where he was primarily responsible for sales and business development . Steffen Völker has been Managing Director of UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG, based in Mönchengladbach, which belongs to the SAUERESSIG Group as part of the Surfaces business unit, since 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of designs and engravings for innovative product surfaces. The diverse portfolio includes all stages of design and reproduction as well as the production and engraving of printing and embossing rollers.

Patrik’s passion for InkJet finished his career as police officer in 2000. He was being one of the first InkJet specialist in the décor industry. From 2000 on he and his team developed solutions that made printer usable for the décor industry, defined needs for décor applications like the requirements for inks, refill system, etc. 2005 first self-developed Single-Pass InkJet printers for the decor industry. 2009 PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Palis) was founded as a joined venture with Felix Schoeller and Patrik as Palis CEO. In the following years Palis created the first full scale, full width industrial printing Single-Pass solutions. 2017 the joined project between Palis and Rotodecor – “palis 2250” started production at Schattdecor in Thansau and furthermore “palis 1300” opened the flexible packaging market which was built for a worldwide operating manufacturer. In 2019 Palis and Rotodecor GmbH merged under the common roof of Hummingbird Converting Solutions GmbH (HCS) to create unique solutions for industrial decor and packaging applications print 4.0 ready. Patrik is since then also CTO of HCS.

Jürgen von Kannen was one of the first computer graphics designers in the world in the 1980s. In 1987 he and his brother founded Computer Graphics von Kannen - equipped with systems like those used by NASA. The work of this studio has been recognized in numerous publications over the years, such as NOVUM, PACK, computer art fascination, digital photography and Reader's Digest. The visualization of technical processes for For example, he was particularly impressed by the acceleration of approval procedures or scientific processes, which ultimately required a basic understanding of the subject matter to be represented. Initially as a consultant, later - due to the complexity of the task - as a division manager, he developed new workflows for the 3D evaluation and preparation of laser production data for embossing for one of the world's leading engraving service providers. In 2009, for the first time, real 3D applications for the decor industry were presented at DOMOTEX and INTERZUM. Today Jürgen von Kannen works as an independent consultant for the decor industry. Especially in the 2D / 3D scanning systems segment, he works exclusively for METIS S.r.l. in Rome as Senior Technical Specialist for their decor customers. He also supports users worldwide with the
• Analysis of workflows
• Data preparation for laser direct and digital embossing
• Evaluation of 3D production data in real-time rendering applications
• Development of micro-structures

born in Bielefeld
- 1990-96 studies of physics (diploma) and macroeconomics in Bayreuth and Paris
- 1996-2002 McKinsey & Co, Munich
- 1997 Consulting project in Singapore
- 1999 Idea & foundation of www.e-fellows.net (shareholder: McKinsey, Telekom, publishing group Holtzbrinck)
- 2000 Macroeconomics degree
- from 2002 CEO Hymmen GmbH

• Study of chemistry at the University of Regensburg
• 2011-2014: PhD thesis in chemistry in the field of “environmentally friendly solvents for cellulose” at the University of Lille (France)
• 2015: Research and development engineer for decor paper and preimpregnated paper in the R&D center Ahlstrom-Munksjö Apprieu (France)
• Since 2021: Product Manager for preimpregnated paper at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Materials, structures and colors have been Stefanie Reschke's passion since studying interior design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. For almost 20 years she was employed by various offices in Hamburg as an interior designer in the field of object design. There she deepened her work in office and interior design with a focus on creating material and color concepts for companies. Thanks to her experience, Reschke developed the concept of materialraum and, as a logical step, founded materialraum BFO GmbH in Hamburg in 2019, offering designers a library for surfaces

Prof Brigitte Steffen studied textile design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After professional activities in the design of textiles, materials and surfaces, she was appointed to the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1989. There she is head of the course of studies Textile Design / Material & Surface Design and designed the course of studies Transportation - Interior Design.
During her work at the university, she has produced numerous publications, lectures and design projects in the fields of material design for fashion, architecture, transportation, interior and sport, which are always thought and inspired by the material. In her research Prof. Brigitte Steffen deals with the phenomenon of perception in design and product.

Fascinated by fabrics and surfaces, Felix Diener completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator in southern Germany after his high school graduation, before moving to the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to study textile design and textile engineering. After graduating, he went to Australia, where he worked in the field of technical textiles. Back in Europe, the now 43-year-old took over the management of the Ulf Moritz Design Studio in Amsterdam. There he worked in all product areas of interior design such as fabrics, carpets and wallpaper, and he also designed exhibition stands. It was during this time that the first contact with the Marburger Tapetenfabrik was established. In 2010 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he founded the interdisciplinary studio Felix Diener. He worked with various companies all over the world and in different product areas. During this time Diener expanded his expertise from design to strategic support of the textile industry in product development, marketing and sales. Felix Diener was part of the Heimtextil Trend Table for several years and is a guest lecturer at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. He is married and has three children.

03/2011 – today: Managing Director / COO - INTERPRINT
07/2010 – 02/2011: Managing Directo – Prinovis Consulting
07/2008 – 06/2010: Gerente General / CEO – Printer Artes Graficas
01/2007 – 06/2008: Head of production / Board Member – Mohn Media
04/2004 – 12/2006: Head of Technology / ppa – Broschek Tiefdruck / Schlott Gruppe