The German designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub met while students on the Industrial Design programme at the University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. After they graduated in 1992, they set up Jehs+Laub and began their collaboration with international design brands, designing furniture, lamps and lifestyle products. Jehs+Laub has won many international design awards, their projects have been shown in numerous exhibitions and they give lectures about design all over the world.