"As a little brother you want to do everything the big brother does, but definitely not the way the big brother does it!"

A brother relationship has many facets. Rivalry and attachment, demarcation and admiration, resentment and trust. They are similar, but different.

Kathrin Balk's thesis deals with brothers and their relationship to each other. Based on this inspiration, a graphic and reduced collection, with a high contrast in colour and material, has been created.

With this thesis she applied for the Designer for Tomorrow Award 2013 by Stella McCartney and made it into the top ten.