Dorothee Becker (* 1938 in Aschaffenburg/Germany), studied languages in Frankfurt and Munich. After
living for a time in London and Paris, she moved to California in 1960 before returning to Germany with her
husband, the designer Ingo Maurer, and ran a successful shop for well-designed and practical everyday objects
until 1989. The inspiration for Becker's most famous design, uten.Silo, came from a waxed-cloth toilet bag that
hung in her fathers drugstore in Aschaffenburg. Becker has continued her creative activities to the present day.
