Christian Werner, born 1959 in Berlin, studied Industrial designin Berlin and Hamburg. He has had his own Studio since 1992 in Hamburg for product formation, focal point furniture, lamps and accessories as well as interior architecture in the areas of drawers, restaurants, and show booths. His furniture designs have earned him the coveted and prestigious Red Dot award.

"In an economic phase in which, due to globalization, more and more production and parts of civil engineering are sourced out into low-wage countries, design, as distillate of a cultural evolution stretching over centuries, is a key factor in worldwide competition over corporate identity and markets."