Designer Alexander Pelikan was born in 1974 in Speyer, Germany. He worked as an apprentice at Schreinerei Schroth carpentry in Heidelberg, Germany from 1997 to 1999. From 1999-2000, Pelikan studied psychology and cultural anthropology at the University of Heidelberg. From 2000-2001, he attended drawing classes at Bodo Bremer in Heidelberg; in 2003, he learned woodcarving at Holzfachschule Elbigenalp in Tyrol, Austria. Beginning in 2001, he studied design under Hella Jongerius, Miriam van der Lubbe, and Dick van Hoff at the Design Academy Eindhoven, and ultimately graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2006.