Ilja Oelschlägel graduated in mechanical engineering at the University of applied sciences on Leipzig between 1998-2002 and studied industrial design at the Burg Giebichenstein University of art and design in Halle immediately afterwards.
Due to this degree, his specialty is furniture and product design based on engineering design.
He was awarded the 1. prize of the IMM Cologne for the best product design in 2009. As a diploma freelance designer he lives and works in Halle now.