Bao-Nghi Droste was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1977.
After an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he studied Industrial
Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. Gathering further work experience at the offices of Werner Aisslingler in Berlin, Germany, and Hannes Wettstein in Zurich, Switzerland, he finally set up his own studio in Heidelberg, Germany, in 2007, focussing on furniture-, product- and interior design.
