Born in 1981in Bad Mergentheim, Germany, designer Sebastian Herkner trained at the HfG Offenbach University of Art and Design, where he studied Product Design focusing on object and furniture design. After a brief stint in Stella McCartney's studio in London, he founded his own office in 2006. He has designed furniture, lamps and objects for Ames, & Tradition, Cappellini, ClassiCon, Dedon, Ex.t, Fontana Arte, Gubi, Linteloo, Moroso, Pulpo, Rosenthal, Schramm Werkstätten, Thonet, Wittmann and Zanotta, as well as interior architecture, museum and exhibition design projects.