Dirk Uhlenbrock was born in Essen in 1964. He has been working since 1991 in the areas of print and web design. He initially worked for gut & boese, then went on to designverign GmbH, and after that to wysiwyg* Software Design GmbH. At the present time he is once again self-employed at erste liga_büro für gestaltung. Uhlenbrock lives with his wife and their 6 children in his home town.