A brief bio from The Daze, March 1997, written and copyrighted by Michael Kaplan.

"Ben Seibel was born in 1918 in Newark, New Jersey.  He and his two sisters were raised by a mother who supported the family sewing clothing for dolls, then fashioning and sewing dresses for women.  Her success enabled the family to move to Manhattan where she opened a shop on Greenwich Village, selling her own jewelry designs.   Ben was an accomplished musician, playing piano as well as saxophone, clarinet, oboe, and flute.  He began studying architecture at Columbia, interrupted by army service.  After his discharge in 1945, he continued his education at Pratt Institute, changing his concentration to industrial design.  Without completing his academic career, he set up his own studio where he worked with a small staff until his death in 1985 at age 67.  His output, prolific and varied, included dinnerware, glassware, stainless steel flatware, metal and wood tabletop accessories, furniture and lamps