Helmut Palla

This autodidact and ‘deconstruction designer’, as he calls himself, was born in 1958 and began his professional career as an advertising photographer. He then turned to design, where he usually functions as both a designer and manufacturer, specialising in one-of-a-kinds with a powerful and often experimental character. After projects like the Tatgalerie (design for the 2nd and 3rd skin), B.Ä.N.G. (the construction of aesthetic utilitarian objects), and Turniture (gymnastics apparatuses turned & tuned), the ‘chair-man’ has occupied himself primarily with chairs, stools, and sitting.