Thorsten Beinke received vocational training as a carpenter and media designer. He is holding a bachelor in media economics from Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Bielefeld.

From his nearly 35 years’ experience in product- and print-design, Thorsten spend half of it in the flooring business. His functional experience includes all fields in design from print, web to packaging or display. He also worked in sales, marketing and training. Before he joined the flooring industry, Thorsten worked for major companies in telecommunication, advertising and printing.

His employment history (flooring companies) is as follows:

Tarkett GDL S.A., Lentzweiler, Luxembourg, 2011 to present.

Senior design manager

Responsible for LVT and laminate products as well as in-house design development for future digital printing.

Witex Flooring, Augustdorf, Germany, 2005-2011

Creative director

Responsible for communication design, advertising and customer focused retail projects including point of sale presentation and training.

Terhürne, Südlohn, Germany, 2003-2005

Head of advertising

Responsible for communication design and advertising.