Michael Anastassiades was born in 1968 in Cyprus and currently lives in London. Trained as a civil engineer at Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in London before taking a Master’s degree in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art. He founded his London studio in 1994, followed by his brand in 2007 in order to broaden the availability of his signature designs. Anastassiades has collaborated with FLOS, Puiforcat, Lobmeyr, Herman Miller, Salvatori, Nilufar, and Svenskt Tenn and worked with architects, David Chipperfield and John Pawson.