70 tune with each other. The choice of material of working hard for one's own business, thickness, for example, sometimes depends shaped me. My dream has always been to on millimetres. Of course, we also orientate live and work independently and inde- ourselves on classic rattan designs. pendent of location. IF YOU HAD TO DEFINE THE WORLD OF Marie -Luise: I also come from a self- BERMBACH HANDCRAFTED IN 3 WORDS, employed household. I also developed an WHAT WOULD THEY BE? ecological awareness at an early age. After graduating from high school, I set up Alexander : Love of children, naturalness my own business with one of the first cafés and beauty. that exclusively used animal products from organic farming. My dreams are to pass on WHAT KIND OF KIDS WERE YOU? WHAT my love of nature to my children and to see DID YOU DREAM OF? the next generation grow up in a world worth living in. Alexander : I grew up in a place in Taunus, a mountain range near Frankfurt, where WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES OF my parents lived and worked. They ran a INSPIRATION? popular restaurant there, where I helped out as a child. We were outside in all Alexander : We love the everyday culture weathers, I was a real forest lad. This clo- and traditions of southern countries such seness to nature, but also the naturalness as Portugal or southern France. There are