Graduate shows 2016: University of Fine Arts Hamburg graduate Frieder Bohaumilitzky's collection of prototype furniture is designed for Germany's Bundeswehr armed forces.
The War for Talents range features a day bed, circular drip tray for boots, and a valet stand ? designed after a director from the defence ministry expressed a wish for somewhere to hang his crumpled jacket.
Bohaumilitzky created the prototype furniture based on a workshop with soldiers, defence officials and consultants. The aim was to create an attractive redesign of the army's living areas and workspaces.

But Bohaumilitzky, who is studying for a master's degree in experimental design, said he wanted to take a more cricital look at "the idea of covering the sobering, hierarchical experience of military life with aesthetically pleasing design." "With this project I want to trigger the discussion of how design is used to create corporate images even in a military context," said Bohaumilitzky.

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Bohaumilitzky based elements of his collection on the army's previous furniture design, maintaining the characteristic colours of green, blue, orange and the use of beechwood as the main material but updating pieces with new shapes.

The beechwood bed includes a sleeping mat that doubles as a yoga mat. It is rolled up and fixed with leather straps during the day.
The stand also acts a room divider, addres...