Winner of Award SEARCH FOR ART with own showreal in bookform entitled "PUBLIC IMAGES" (concept, photographs & design by Stefan Guido Schmidt) which was published in the Year 2000 by the Artist Collective MD-87.

Twenty-two artists were chosen for the Mandarina Duck Award by a jury of six. The initiative was featured in the magazine Search for Art, run by a non-profit committee promoting forms of art outside the traditional channels. This project attracted thousands of artists.

Mandarina Duck is an Italian brand of bags, luggage and clothing founded by Paolo Trento and Pietro Mannato. The name is inspired by a Mandarin duck living on the banks of the Ussuri river. Seven is the company Finduck’s lucky number: it launched its first Mandarina Duck bag in 1977 and its first collection of clothing in 1997 under the same label. The brand embodies the style known as urban chic. It combines parchment-like textiles with opaque nylon. Md20, the successful youth line from 1989, employed mitrix, an exclusive textile made of 50% nylon and 50% polyester. Their production covers bags, suitcases, and rucksacks, and jackets and pants. Some pieces are on display at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin.