Richard Sapper was born in Munich in 1932, he studied philosophy, anatomy, graphics, engineering and economics. Richard Sapper is a ten times winner of the highly prestigious Compasso d'Oro award. He has collaborated with many leading companies including: Alessi, Artemide, B&B Italia, Castelli, Heuer, IBM, Kartell, Knoll International, Magis, Molteni Unifor and Pirelli. Richard Sapper has taught and lectured at Yale University, the Kunstakademie Stuttgart, the University of Beijing, the Royal College of Art in London, the Domus Academy in Milan, the University of Buenos Aires, and the Hochschule fuer Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England and a Member of the Akademie der Kuenste in Germany. The German Design Council awarded Richard Sapper a lifetime achievement award for his design work in 2009 and he was bestowed an Honorary Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina in 2010.