Design Secrets: Furniture

of Bernhardt Design, “but would be produced in the real world for

market, and they would have the complete experience as if they

had graduated and they were working for a client.”

This idea of reality-dose-as-educational-opportunity started when

Helling decided to get Bernhardt more closely connected with

those who are on their way to becoming the next generation of

professional designers; it grew into a bit of phenomenon for both

the students and the company. “I have been wanting to be in-

volved in the educational process somehow, some way, for some

time,” says Helling. “But projects with companies working with

educational institutions are generally ...