Background
Flügel was born in Naila, daughter of a gentleman farmer, reserve officer and highly decorated war veteran, Hans Flügel.
Flügel was born in Naila, daughter of a gentleman farmer, reserve officer and highly decorated war veteran, Hans Flügel.
She studied design at the Johann Friedrich Böttger Institute in Selb, where in 1986 she founded Barbara Flügel Porzellan.
Her designs attracted attention from Villeroy & Boch, and she has since become an outside designer to the company. In parallel she continues to operate her own company offering limited edition porcelain articles