Dr Peter Draenert (1937-2005) studied philosophy, art history, German and philosophy at the University of Tübingen. 
PhD on Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), one of the most eminent German poets.

In 1968 Peter Draenert happened to find a slab from oil slate with fossils on a farm in the Swabian Mountains.

He designed skids from polished stainless steel, because he wanted that table for himself. The very first Draenert-table, the model 1062 PRIMUS, was born and became a classics, because of its many ammonite inclusions, which point to an age of 180 million years.

That table was the basis for many table-families that were developed later and which established the DRAENERT style.

Philosophy; "A table must be more than just beautiful to look at. It is our responsibility as designer to give it a further dimension."