The Berry Pickers laid the foundation for the entire Wendt and Kühn creative enterprise. Way back in 1913, two years before the company was founded, Grete Wendt entered a design competition. Her Berry Pickers won second prize. As a result, this award-winning group appeared in numerous magazines, bringing in a flood of "rush orders" and eventually giving Grete the compelling impetus to officially establish the "M. Wendt & M. Kühn" workshops in 1915.