Thomas Althaus (born 1957 in Dusseldorf, Germany) opened his design studio after graduating in interior architecture and furniture design in 1987. Althaus has designed for several furniture manufacturers including De Sede, Designo, Interluebke, Knoll, Tonon, Treca, Rosenthal, and WK Wohnen. He has received several international design awards including "Best of Neocon" (Chicago/USA) and "Industrie Forum Hanover" (Germany).