Bernd Polster, one of the most established authors on design, worked as a journalist for many years and produced reports for radio, television, press and publishing companies in Germany and abroad. Some of his books on design are already considered standard works, such as the 'DuMont Handbuch Design International' (DuMont International Design Handbook) and the Dumont-series 'Design Lexikon' (Design Encyclopaedia).