1964  –  1968 Trained as reprophotographer; professional education and graphic art training at the studio of his brother, Franz Gassner, MA; Opening of his own design office in Feldkich in 1976,  from 1987 in Schlins/Vorarlberg; from 1996 to 1999 external consultant and design head of the InterMedia course at the University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn/Vorarlberg; Gassner’s works have received many international awards and have been widely published; in addition to regular commissions, Gassner also works internationally as a curator, lecturer and author; member of the Austrian professional association Design Austria and of the Alliance Graphique Internationale AGI; from 2010 partner in Atelier Gassner KG.