Suzanne Tick is the founder of Suzanne Tick Inc., a firm specializing in material development for commercial and residential interiors—including textiles, carpet, hard surfacing, glass, woven metal screens and lighting. She is currently the Creative Director for Textiles at LUUM. Suzanne is known for her intelligent and enthusiastic approach to design in evolving markets, as well as for her dedication to providing innovative solutions. In addition to her work in commercial interiors, Suzanne maintains a hand-weaving practice and creates woven sculptures from repurposed materials. Suzanne also maintains a distinguished career as a textile designer and studio principal in New York City. She is partnering with Tarkett on brand strategy and product development and is a design consultant for Tandus Centiva. Suzanne’s past clients include KnollTextiles and Skyline Design.

After earning a degree in industrial design from the Elisava School of Design in Barcelona, Spain, Mario Ruiz began his independent professional career in 1995. For more than ten years, he lectured at the Eina and Elisava design schools in Barcelona. In 2003, the first monograph on his work, “Mario Ruiz/Costa Design,” was published by Actar. Mario has undertaken projects in diverse fields including residential and office furniture, lighting, textile design, product design and graphics. Due to his skill and multi-disciplinary experience, Mario has won the confidence of more than 120 leading companies around the world, including Studio TK, Siemens, Steelcase, Thomson, Schneider Electric, Dynamobel, Sellex, Gandia Blasco, Haworth, HBF, Metalarte, Offecct, Castelli, Citterio, Lapalma and Schiavello. He has also served as a creative director—defining product catalogs, brand and graphic identities, and developing showrooms and trade-fair stands. Mario’s work has been acknowledged with more than 40 prestigious awards in Europe and the United States.

Toan Nguyen is a French industrial designer living in Milan. He graduated from the ENSCI in Paris in 1995 and began his career working with Italian architect, furniture designer and industrial designer Antonio Citterio. At Antonio Citterio’s practice, Toan took over as head of design. Over ten years, he co-signed more than forty products for Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flos, Iittala, Kartell, Technogym and Vitra, among others. Toan founded his own studio in 2008. He has since designed numerous collections renowned for their elegance: the Bellows collection of occasional tables and poufs for Walter Knoll; the MU outdoor range for Dedon; the Wow table for Lema; the Lagunitas system with Coalesse; the Contemporary Collection for Fendi Casa; and the iconic Penta armchair for Viccarbe. Toan’s style pushes design details to their maximum. In 2015, he designed the innovative INO range in SaphirKeramik developed by Laufen; the architectural and complex Algorithm lighting system for Vibia; and the Infinito lounge sofa and Masalla table collections for Studio TK.