Michael Schmidt was born at Heilbronn, Germany, in 1961. In 1989 he graduated in engineering from the University of Stuttgart, and subsequently attended the Faculty of Design for Property Investments at the Stuttgart Academy of Art. He then worked as a designer in the design and advanced conception office at Mercedes Benz, leaving there in 1992 to set up the design studio "DesignWorX" with a partner. In 1995 he opened his own design studio "code.2.design". Code.2.design’s main have customers have included Audi, ACO Passavant, BMW, Columbus Clean, Drabert, Duscholux, E_Plus, Falper, Hansgrohe OEM, HighTech Design Produkts, Porsche, Renggli Laboratories, Schärf Office Furniture, and Samas Office Furniture Group. Code.2.design is the official innovation partner of the Fraunhofer Institute. His collaboration with Falper includes the Scoop bathtub and basin and the Shape furniture series, and the Handmade range of baths and basins.