Robin Platt, London

Robin Platt studied Furniture Design at the London College of Furniture before opening his own studio with the architect Cairn Young in the London borough of Kensington. The two have been collaborating since 1991, although they each have their own projects as well. Their clients include companies such as Driade, Magis, Rosenthal, Baccarat and Artquitect. Platt is fascinated by organic shapes and curved, delightfully delicate lines; these he adopts to create his own inimitable style. The world of nature is a rich source of inspiration, with its infinite universe of shapes that are all variations of a few basic elements.        

Rodolfo Agrella, Caracas

Rodolfo Agrella

Rodolfo Agrella hails originally from Venezuela. After completing his first college degree, he headed to Milan in 2007 where he added the final touches to his education at the city's famous "Politecnico." He creates products with unique characters, outstanding practical functions and strong sensory appeal. These live and breathe the awe-inspiring natural world of Agrella's homeland – with organic silhouettes, curves and structures deriving from the luxuriant vegetation of tropic climes.        

Selma Serman, Berlin

Selma Serman was born in 1977 in Heidelberg. She completed a 3-year apprenticeship as a carpenter in Lübeck, before studying Product Design at the Berlin University of Art from 2000 to 2005. She has been working as a freelance designer in Berlin since 2006, designing products and custom built-in furniture units.        

Serge Atallah, Paris

The french architect Serge Atallah opened his agency ase product 1997 in Paris. His work ranges from planning architectural projects to object design to product design. His creations are characterized by a high functionality and an intelligent humor.       

Seventh Sense, Milano

Silvina Iglesias is part of Seventh Sense, a studio established by designers born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied industrial design at her home city's university, before moving to Milan in 1999 where she and her compatriots founded Seventh Sense. The majority of her designs have been for tabletop items, consumer goods and sports articles.        

Studio Dreimann

Founded by Jonas Ette, Simon Kux and Tim Prigge in 2010, studio dreimann is an industrial design agency based in Hanover, Germany. Its multidisciplinary work is keyed to developing industrial and consumer goods as well as furniture and lighting for national and international companies. The team always sets out to add features that make its innovative, highly functional products special in some way. The studio's work has garnered prizes such as the Good Design Award and the Interior Innovation Award.       

Studio Thun, Milano

Matteo Thun was born in Bozen, Italy, in 1952 and studied at Salzburg Academy under Oskar Kokoschka. In 1975 he completed a degree in architecture in Florence, and began cooperating with Ettore Sottsass in Milan three years later. Thun is a founding member of the legendary Memphis Group that was so instrumental in shaping the design of the 1980s. In 1984 he established the architecture and design firm Studio Matteo Thun in Milan.       

thesevenhints, Wien

Born in Hanover in 1964, Wolfgang Hints studied industrial design in Essen and Florence. He settled in Vienna in 1990, where he initially freelanced for various design studios while lecturing at the Vienna Academy for Visual Arts. He was subsequently appointed assistant professor at the city's University of Applied Arts, where he worked alongside Matteo Thun, Paolo Piva and Enzo Mari. In 1966 Wolfgang Hints launched his own design studio called "thesevenhints."       

Tino Valentinitsch, Wien

While still studying Industrial Design at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Tino Valentinitsch was already working for the co-founder of Memphis Aldo Cibic in Milan and producing his first designs for koziol. He is currently working in the luxury product & brand design segment where he is designing brands, furniture, interiors, exhibitions, consumer goods and packaging. Tino Valentinitsch divides his time between Vienna and New York.       

Vega Design, Darmstadt

Born in Darmstadt in 1965, Jan Hansen studied product design at the Academy of Design in Offenbach. In 1993 he became a partner at the agency Studio Orange Design in Darmstadt and in 2000 he established his own product design company, Vega Design.        

Yaroslav Rassadin, Moscow

Yar Rassadin is a Russian designer, who in 2001 graduated from the Technical University of Simbirsk, specializing in automotive engineering and Simbirsk school of traditional art with cabinetmaker specialty. After graduating, he continued on to work at two separate design studios in Moscow, SmirnovDesignGroup and Designworks, as industrial designer, CAD modeller and 3D visualizer. He joined up with an architect by the name of Sergey Mozheyko and established Manworkdesign Bureau, which has since gone on the win a Red Dot Design Concept Award. These days, his time is mostly spent working on his own projects for his own company.