Steffen Kehrle studied industrial design with Paolo Piva, Borek Šípek, Ross Lovegrove and Hartmut Esslinger at the Vienna University of Applied Arts. From 2007 to 2009, he worked for Stefan Diez (Munich). Since 2009, he has been running his ›Atelier Steffen Kehrle‹ with an emphasis on product, exhibition and interior design. From October 2009 to October 2014, he taught furniture and exhibition design at the Art University Kassel.