Tabea Eccher, also known as In Vitro Intelligenza, first worked in graphic design during her four-year apprenticeship in her Swiss hometown, St. Gallen. She then went on to the Bern Academy of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications. Afterwards, she returned to St. Gallen, where she worked as a graphic designer for one of Switzerland's largest corporations. Her love for paper, as well as its processing and finishing possibilities, brought her to a market-leading company in print and production, where she now works as a product developer and project manager.