Reinhard Plank graduated in industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 1998. Spending some time studying abroad in Milan and Barcelona, he participated in many design projects till the moment he started to experiment with hats. In 2005 he moved to Tuscany to approach the old and traditional art of making hats. Reinhard Plank‘s designs are a mixture of classical lines with contemporary forms. All his hats are hand made in Italy.