Michael started his career as an industrial designer for the Siemens AG, later on being responsible for the design of all Gigaset products. Since 2007, he is co-owner and managing director of designaffairs. Michael, himself winner of several design awards like IF gold or red dot, regularly gives speeches and is a jury member of several design awards. Some of his designs are part of the permanent exhibition of the “Neue Sammlung” in Munich.