Thomas Manss & Company

MedGroup specialises in the development and management of tourist and residential resorts. With more than 15 years experience, the firm's services range from strategy development to the operative management of client properties.

The company is one of the leading managers of golf courses in Spain and has extensive experience in the hotel sector having developed and built over 20 hotels in the past 10 years.

Neri is a manufacturer of urban lighting and furniture based in Emilia Romagna. Founded in 1962 by Domenico Neri, the family firm is today led by the third generation of the Neri family and is part of the Targetti Poulsen group.

The company is best known for its urban décor culture and its unrivalled archive of cast iron products, which can be found in cities around the world from Venice to Paris and from St Petersburg to Dublin.

Full House has been set by a group of families with young disabled adults. The organisation develops a new concept for living with disabilities away from the well trodden path of institutionalised care. The project is supported by the charity von Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel.

Pat Prudente is a broadcaster and opinion leader with a keen interest in fashion, style and image. Her programmes mainly target the emerging middle class in Brazil. Addressing the newfound aspirations of her audience, Prudente promotes the use of image and fashion as tools of personal expression and communicates with her followers through social networks, blogs, TV, radio and lectures.

GuM specialises in design for galleries and museums and aims to create an stimulating and memorable experience across all ages and abilities. The company offers clients the complete service from the initial idea, to the first visitor through the door.

With a strong background in architecture, GuM brings the display and building together, whether it is re-presenting an established collection in an existing building or presenting a new collection in a new building.

Singapore born designer Tze Goh is a veritable vagabond of the fashion world. Following stints in Paris and New York, he finally settled in London to develop his highly structural collections inspired by the architecture of Zaha Hadid.

Tze Goh's experience informs a strikingly minimal and sensual design aesthetic that reveals a complex mix of innovative materials, impeccable construction and sculptural functionality.

Fedrigoni Cartiere is a specialist paper company targeting the communication graphics and converting industries. Since its foundation in 1888, Fedrigoni has specialised in fine paper for printing, editing, labels, bookbinding, packaging and paper products.

While this remains very much at the heart of the business, the company continually creates new paper processes and technologies that satisfy the ever changing aesthetic and technical demands of the market.

Fedrigoni Group is one of Europe’s largest and most established special paper enterprises. With approximately 2,000 members of staff, the Group manufactures and distributes a wide range of fine quality, technically advanced paper and paper-related products. Through a network of distribution partners, Fedrigoni Group delivers to customers in more than 100 countries.

Susanne Philippson is a product designer with a focus on conceptual design that resonates emotions. The minimal expression of form is influenced by feminine sensuality and is coupled with a meticulous attention to detail and choice in cutting edge materials. Since founding her own company in 2005 based in Berlin Susanne has worked for national and international companies such as DroogDesign, Habitat, Pallucco or Diamantini Domeniconi.

The association was set up in 1968 as an international meeting point for culture and industry 'to enhance the design of manufactured products'.

The IDZ organises design related events and offers advisory activities for its members, as well as relaying work opportunities to qualified designers.

Their reference library contains more than 10,000 important publications from the area of design including graphic design, communication design, interior design, architecture, marketing and corporate identity.