Cairn Young was born in 1963 in California. He studied Architecture at Kingston University in London before establishing the Platt & Young studio in the British capital with Robin Platt in 1991. The studio specializes in creating designs for furniture, silverware and porcelain tableware. Young frequently adopts a playful and experimental approach to his designs, investing them with an element of motion ¬that gives his products their natural air of lightness.