Designers

Gernot Bohmann was born in 1968 in Krieglach/Styria, Harald Gründl in 1967 in Vienna and Martin Bergmann in 1963 in Lienz/East Tyrol. After their graduation from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, they founded EOOS in 1995. EOOS operates in the fields of furniture and product design as well as shop design for clients such as Giorgio Armani, Adidas, Alessi, Bite Beauty, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bulthaup, Carl Hansen & Søn, Dedon, Duravit, Geiger, Herman Miller, Hussl, Keilhauer, Lamy, MatteoGrassi, Poltrona Frau, Walter Knoll and Zumtobel. For EOOS, design is a poetical discipline between archaic and high-tech. EOOS examines rituals, myths and intuitive images as a starting point within the scope of the Poetical Analysis®. In 2015 the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art – celebrated the work of EOOS with the first major solo exhibition. In this context the monograph “by: EOOS” (Birkhäuser/Basel) was released.

Chris Earl is a furniture builder, designer, and chef based in Los Angeles, California. Earl is dedicated to bringing a sense of timeless beauty, grace, and lasting heritage to everything he creates.

Based in Vancouver, Canada with Italian roots and a pinch of South American taste, Giancarlo Stefani Design Studio is formed by Anabel Lopez and Giancarlo Stefani, two passionate designers that have dedicated their life to furniture and interior design. After years of gaining experience in the field and specializing in furniture design, their studio was created with the vision to collaborate with design companies around the globe.

Geof Lilge is a furniture designer, maker and entrepreneur. His 20 years of experience spans bespoke and mass product design for residential and commercial markets, interior design for the hospitality industry, and manufacturing. After studying industrial design at University of Alberta, Geof co-founded Pure Design, an award-winning furniture manufacturer; OnOurTable, a high-end charcuterie board brand; and Division Twelve. He is now the creative director of Division Twelve, a subsidiary of Keilhauer.

Nathalie de Leval and Andrew Jones are award-winning furniture designers who develop products for international manufacturers and work collaboratively with architects and landscape architects on custom designs for site specific projects. Whether for interiors or outdoor space, they approach furniture design as a fundamentally important opportunity to create a personal and emotional moment for people.

Through their hands-on process of design and prototyping they create timeless designs which have the right human scale, warmth and softness, and subtle details with a thoughtful attention to making. Their elegant designs are pared down to the essence, but without removing the poetry.

The two met while studying furniture design at the Royal College of Art, and before that Nathalie trained as a cabinet-maker and sculptor and Andrew worked as an architect. With design practices in London and Toronto, they have worked for over 20 years for clients such as Barlow Tyrie, Gloster, Benchmark Furniture, Paul Smith, Battery Park NYC, Rosewood Hotel and Keilhauer.

Samuel Pettersen is a young, dynamic designer with over a decade of experience in furniture design and manufacture. As the founder and principal of Not Another Chair, he is passionate about the process of making. Sam places functionality at the heart of his designs and tempers this with creative innovation and the needs of our industrial reality. Sam studied furniture and product design at NTU University, during this time he also worked for internationally renowned Sawaya & Moroni in Milan where he contributed to the design of high-end bespoke interiors for the firm’s discerning clients. Since graduating, Sam has designed furniture for some of the UK’s leading furniture manufacturers such as Boss Design and Orangebox and his work has attracted critical acclaim including an XF Award.

Scot Laughton is an industrial designer with over 30 years experience. He is the founding member of several design groups: Portico, Furnance, as well as founding his own practice. With expertise in both residential and commercial markets, he has worked with renowned global brands such as Keilhauer, Pure Design, Du Verre, Umbra and Nienkämper. Scot studied industrial design at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto during which time he designed the Strala light – which later was recognized by Time magazine as one of year’s top ten designs. In 2003, he was named Designer of the Year by the Interior Design Show, Toronto. His designs have been exhibited in Canada, Britain, Scotland and Japan with permanent collections in Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum and the Design Exchange.

Thom Fougere studied architecture at the University of Manitoba before working in furniture, product design, and architecture. In 2010, he was appointed Creative Director at Canadian design house EQ3. During his nine-year tenure in that role, he led the company through a transformative brand re-positioning. The comprehensive process included a refresh of the company’s visual identity, product line, graphic presentation, photography and interior design, including acting as the lead designer of EQ3 showrooms across Canada and the United States.

In 2015, Thom Fougere established his studio offering full design services in furniture design, product design, architecture, and creative direction. His work has been exhibited internationally at design fairs in Milan, Stockholm, New York, Montréal, and Toronto.