philipp was born in germany/europe in the second half of the 1970's. living in a working class home in a village named uslar, his childhood was spent peacefully. he was 8 years old when his mother introduced him to a decision mate v with cp/m as its operating system. from now on he knew that computers would rule his mind.   he grew up driving skateboard, reading fantasy and science-fiction and creating ascii/ansi/vga graphics for underground computer scene purposes. philipp once belonged to some international scene groups [purge, immortal arrogance, back2basics, immune, roadhogz, caustic style] he contributed his work to.   after graduating from the high school and declared as not qualified enough to serve in the german army, philipp went to do a period of practical training in a prominent advertising agency specialised in new media located in hannover [>screenform]. during the first year of practising he understood that he should focus his energy to something he already mastered: graphic design and the internet.