Nachtmann continues to expand on their relationship with widely known and respected design schools around the world. In 2011 for the third time Nachtmann initiated a design competition with Stockholm’s Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design. Lead by product designer Stefanie Kubanek, Nachtmann continues to carve out a reputation as a creator of modern classics in crystal.

The design-student Ahmet Uslu, a successful and emerging designer, succeeded in this competition and created a new line for the Nachtmann brand – Sculpture.
Ahmet Uslu, “For Sculpture, I went back to basics...to a rugged block of rock. I imagined a sculptor carving the rock and catching a glimpse of crystal...I wanted to capture the beauty inside. I was more interested in showing the process than the finished product...I wanted to show the rough and the smooth, the unfinished and the finished.”