Georg Appeltshauser (born 1949 in Coburg, Germany) initially studied precision mechanics at the FH Ulm, Germany, and subsequently studied product design at Stuttgart’s College of Arts.  He started his career as a technical consultant for various design offices until founding his own Stuttgart-based design office in 1979 where the emphasis of his work has been focused on furniture design.  The designer’s philosophy about furniture is “it needs to be flexible and to adapt to the owner's requirements.  I am inspired to forward furniture in regard to their mobility and convertibility to a further dimension.”