Dutch product designer Tord Boontje first studied industrial design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven before completing his Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. He founded Studio Tord Boontje in London in 1996, before relocating to France in 2005. In 2009 he was appointed professor and head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art and continues work at his own studio, now also located back in London.
 
The challenge and opportunity he has long sought is a delicate marriage of design with emotion that is as broadly accessible as it is enticing. Collaborating with artisans from Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil and Senegal, for brands such as Artecnica and Moroso, a sensual world of design emerges. His work draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism, that contemporary does not forsake tradition, and that technology does not abandon people and senses.