FOUNDED IN 2006 BY KUNIKO MAEDA (TOKYO, JAPAN) AND MARIO MINALE (NAPLES, ITALY) IN ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, AFTER MAEDA, GRADUATED IN SCIENCE OF DESIGN AT MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO WHILE MINALE, GROWN UP IN GERMANY, GRADUATED IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL, GERMANY.