dmbh and ante jointly contributed to the Orgatec 2004 trade fair theme "The Future of Work". Elaborated suggestions with respect to future work and office environments were made, stressing the role of non-machinable creative minds and anticipation. The timetables theme stand was supported by BREE, brand eins, and FME.

dmbh _ network for design (Amsterdam, Cologne) subsumed the design professionals who now operate as BERNOTAT & Co (Product Design, Amsterdam) and MAAS + CO (Corporate Design, Cologne), respectively.